Source UN DESA, based on Project LINK and international sources.

The global environment is one of diversity in culture, religion, political system and economic conditions.

The national and international economic environment has posed obstacles to the Mexican people's full enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights.

It thus becomes urgent to create an environment likely to promote economic development for the poorest countries.

Economic Environment, 15 March 2005, www.hawaii.edu pbcp services servicearea asamoa.

The NAPs are addressing issues relating to the environmental sustainability and economic potential of rural areas.

American Samoa, Economic Environment, 15 March 2005, www.hawaii.edu pbcp services servicearea asamoa.

It also helps to shield them from shocks and volatilities in the global economic and financial environment.

Participants reaffirmed their commitment to the three components of sustainable development economic development, social development and environmental protection.

For example, for the development of respect for the natural environment, education must link issues of environment and sustainable development with socio economic, socio cultural and demographic issues.

Unlike most other economic activities, the well being of the tourism industry is itself very dependent on the quality of the environment.

(z1) Joint Eurostat ECE questionnaire on environment (Eurostat 91)

Admittedly, the current global economic environment has placed public finances in many developed countries under extreme pressure.

Regular process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio economic aspects

Its national strategy included plans for the development of all inhabited spaces in strict compliance with high environmental and economic management standards.

Adequate resources had to be provided in areas such as the environment, economic and social development, poverty reduction, and humanitarian assistance.

Fiscal prudence and stable inflation rates are cornerstones of today s relatively healthy global economic environment.

That process would have a positive impact on economic development and on the climate for foreign investment in Kosovo.

Serious technical, technological and financial challenges severely deepen the impact of disasters on the socio economic infrastructure and the environment of developing countries.

Unfortunately, in the circumstances of rapidly changing economic environment, this information quickly becomes outdated.

Environment continues to be a major and important issue on the international agenda, and its relationship to economic development has gained fresh significance.

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Regular process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio economic aspects

Reaffirming the need to ensure a balance between economic development, social development and environmental protection as interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of sustainable development,

Although action for development must be largely local, it is critically dependent in our globalized world on the external economic environment.

Economic and social threats, including poverty, infectious disease and environmental degradation, as well as internal conflicts, continue to afflict the continent.

It contributed to the transfer of technology, economic growth and the establishment of a strong economy that could adapt to the needs of the constantly changing international economic environment.

Environmental protection, economic development and social development should be intimately interlinked in poverty reduction and sustainable development in the least developed countries.

The resulting unusual economic environment of falling prices and wages can also have a damaging psychological impact on households and businesses. With deflation, we are heading into unknown territory.

Such insurance, they argue, would help firms and people deal with the extreme uncertainty of the current economic environment.

The countries of the Rio Group note with concern that in the international system there are still concrete obstacles to the building of that needed favourable economic environment.

In the period 2003 2004, only on two occasions has CESCR included references to the environment in its concluding observations.

The broad spectrum of the Permanent Forum's mandate was another indication, as it was to discuss issues of economic and social development, as well as the environment, health, human rights, education and culture.

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Mindful of the diversity and dynamic interaction and competition among socio economic activities for the use of the coastal areas and the marine environment and their resources,

Reaffirming the continuing need to ensure a balance between economic development, social development and environmental protection as interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of sustainable development,

The international community needs a setting where it can debate the most sensitive economic issues, including but certainly not limited to exchange rate issues.

The current socio economic environment in post conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina leaves it open to drugs and other addiction conditions.

UNCTAD XI had confirmed that UNCTAD should continue its work on enterprise development, taking account of developments in the international economic environment and identifying opportunities and challenges in economic development.

In addition to a national environmental commission, a high level committee for nature conservation had recently been established with the goal of integrating modalities for assessing the environmental impact of economic activities in the planning and formulation of economic development projects.

4. Decides that the Summit, including its preparatory process, should ensure a balance between economic development, social development and environmental protection, as these are interdependent and mutually reinforcing components of sustainable development