381- وانتهى المقرر الخاص إلى القول إنه يعتزم إجراء دراسات لممارسات الدول في مجال الاستخدامات والإدارة، بما في ذلك منع التلوث، وحالات النـزاع، والقواعد المحلية والدولية.
The approaches in the jurisprudence on this matter have not been consistent. The GATT dispute settlement panel in its 1994 report in Tuna/Dolphins disputes, while acknowledging that the objective of sustainable development was widely recognized by the GATT Contracting Parties, observed that the practice under the bilateral and multilateral treaties dealing with the environment could not be taken as practice under the law administered under the GATT regime and therefore could not affect the interpretation of it.