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Having
regard to the fact
- In
the fast growing urban sector there is a proliferation of
poor hawkers and vendors, including those who are children;
- That
because of poverty, unemployment and forced migration and
immigration, despite the useful service they render to society,
they are looked upon as an hindrance to the planned development
of cities both by the elite urbanities and the town planners
alike;
- That
hawkers and vendors are subjected to constant mental and
physical torture by the local officials and are harassed
in many other ways which at times leads to riotous situations
, loss of property rights, or monetary loss;
- That
there is hardly any public policy consistent with the needs
of street vendors throughout the world.
We urge upon Governments
To form a National Policy for hawkers and
vendors by making them a part of the broader structural policies
aimed at improving their standards of living, by having regard
to the following :
- give vendors
legal status by issuing licenses, enacting laws and providing
appropriate hawking zones in urban plans,
- provide legal
access to the use of appropriate and available space in
urban areas protect and expand vendors' existing livelihood
- make street vendors a special
component of the plans for urban development by treating
them as an integral part of the urban distribution system
- issue guidelines for supportive
services at local levels
- enforce regulations and promote
self-goverance
- Set up appropriate, participative,
non -formal mechanisms with representation by street vendors
and hawkers, NGOs, local authorities, the police and others.
- Provide street vendors with meaningful
access to credit and financial services
- Provide street vendors with relief
measures in situations of disasters and natural calamities,
- Take measures for promoting a
better future for child vendors and persons with disabilities.
Adopted on November 23 , 1995
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