Related to sustainable development, most of these countries attempted to address in an integrated manner all three aspects of the sustainable development paradigm: - economic, social and environmental - in an integrated manner The European Community highlighted sustainable development as being amongst its fundamental objectives and noted the linkages to climate change.
S'agissant du développement durable, la plupart de ces pays se sont efforcés d'inscrire dans un ensemble cohérent les trois volets du paradigme de ce développement, c'est-à-dire économique, social et environnemental.