SEEU Review vol. 5 Nr. 2 (pdf) - South East European University

Zoran Sapuric, PhD and Vullnet Zenki, MSc.
open international economic and political system which will contribute
towards the overall development of the concept and better handling with the
problems of environment degradation. The role of women and young people
is especially highlighted in terms of the sustainable development, for a better
future of the whole world population and the need to establish an
international legal framework for the sustainable development.
Apart from the Declaration at the conference in Rio, the most important
international document in the field of sustainable development has been
adopted, known as Agenda 21, with which the sustainable development
acquires an international normative framework.
The Declaration of the General Assembly of the UN on millennium
goals, adopted at the conference in New York in 2000, also pays much
attention to the concept of sustainable development. The conference was
attended by presidents and prime ministers of almost all UN member
countries. The declaration emphasizes the collective responsibility of states
as well as their individual responsibility for the global development. The
declaration on millennium goals positively evaluates the globalization
process and mentions that in the future globalization should bring more
economic benefits, equality and justice all over the world. The respect for
nature has been determined as a wise and rational management with all
natural resources in accordance with the sustainable development and the
interests of future generations. It should be insisted in stopping the further
excessive exploitation of natural resources. The Declaration clearly reveals
the need to intensify the collective efforts for sustainable management,
conservation and sustainable development of all kinds of forests as well as a
stronger implementation of the Kyoto Protocol and reduction of emissions of
greenhouses gases, implementation of the Convention on protection of
biodiversity, management of droughts, devastation and lack of water, as
well as bigger efficiency in predicting and dealing with natural disasters.
In terms of the intensification of the concept of the sustainable
development, a great role is played by the Conference about sustainable
development in Johannesburg which was held in 2002. An evaluation of the
ten year period of the implementation of the concept of sustainable
development was made at the conference, i.e. the period after the Rio
conference. The Declaration for Sustainable Development was adopted at
the Johannesburg’s conference. The Declaration emphasizes the common
global responsibility for the implementation of the concept of sustainable
development, whereupon the three basic pillars are reaffirmed and they
represent basic aims of the sustainable development: economic and social
development and protection of the environment and their implementation at
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