وكانت اللجان الوطنية للسنة الدولية للجبال في بعض البلدان الآلية الأولى والوحيدة للتنمية المستدامة للجبال.
Many of these national committees had a broad-based membership of stakeholders, including representatives of national government agencies, mountain people, grass-roots organizations, NGOs, civil society, academic and research institutions, the private sector, United Nations agencies, and decentralized authorities.