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

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

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.

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

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.

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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.

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.

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,

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,

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.

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

It emphasizes broad reforms that affect the overall economic environment, and thus focuses on areas such as international trade, finance, macroeconomics, and governance.

Neither the economics nor the politics of this pattern of current account balances is sustainable, especially in a recessionary environment.

As a result, the new economic environment will produce more tension than accommodation between countries pursuing liberal and mercantilist paths.

It recalls that UNCTAD XI mandated UNCTAD to continue its work on enterprise development, taking account of developments in the international economic environment.

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

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.

Its constructive stance derives from a worldview that accords pride of place to the values of democracy, social justice, economic development, and environmental protection.

But if product quality, environmental protection, and economic efficiency are important as well, this state of affairs is little short of nightmarish.

In short, the links between education and reduced fertility, faster economic development, and lower environmental degradation are too powerful and obvious to be ignored.

It is therefore essential that Brazil s private and public sectors do their utmost to sustain long term growth by making the economic environment more business friendly.

It is also important to highlight the contribution of forests to other aspects of sustainable development, including the quality and well being of the environment and a multitude of economic and social development issues.

On the other hand, in the context of an unfavourable economic environment, the structural adjustment measures recommended by the Bretton Woods institutions have contributed to a suspension of recruitment in the public sector.

(c) In accordance with paragraph 36 (b) of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, the Assessment of Assessments should cover assessments of the state of the marine environment, including socio economic aspects.

In central and eastern Europe, the countries intend to make the NAPs an integral part of their national long term environmental protection and economic development policies.

A comprehensive approach had been adopted that took into account the population's socio economic needs as well as the enhancement of the quality of life through improvements in productivity and conservation of the natural environment.

Leadership, a single focal point and a coordinated vision among international agencies active in the field of environment are considered necessary to raise the profile of environmental economic accounting and related statistics.

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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,

But in the developing world, immediate economic needs often override long term imperatives, and protecting a fragile environment is rarely a priority at the national level.