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The Brundtland Commission

The 1985 report of the World Commission on Environment and

Development (WCED) (popularly known as the BrundtlandCommission) popularised the phrase sustainable development,

embodying both states right to economic development and their

obligation to pay particular attention to any degradation of theenvironment resulting from development activities.

In other words, it was a phrase coined to express the balance that

had to be reached between the right of states to use or exploit theirnatural resources in accordance with their developmental policies

and the duty inherent upon them to preserve the environment in

carrying out such developmental activities.

Komisioni I Brundtlandit

Raporti i Komisionit Botror pr Mjedis dhe

Zhvillim (WCED)I vitit 1985 (i njohur gjersisht si ' Komisioni I Brundtlandit

) popullarizoi frazen " zhvillim i qndrueshm 'duke personifikuar te drejtn e tdy shteteve pr zhvillim ekonomik dhe detyrimin e tyre pr t perqendruar

vmendje t veant pr do degradim te mjedisit q vjen si shkak i aktiviteteve te

zhvillimit.

Me fjal t tjera, ajo ishte nj fraz e shpikur pr t shprehur ekuilibrin q

duhej arritur n mes t se drejts te shteteve pr te prdorur ose shfrytzuar

burimet e tyre natyrore n prputhje me politikat e tyre zhvillimore

dhe detyren egzistuese mbi ta pr te ruajtur mjedisin

gjate bartjes se aktiviteteve t tilla zhvillimore.

The Commission defined the term sustainable development as

development that meets the needs of the present withoutcompromising the ability of future generations to meet their ownneeds. 3

In the opinion of the Commission, economic development that

undermined the environment or led to the excessive exploitation ofnatural resources to the detriment of future generations was not

sustainable development. Hence, it was felt that the need to

preserve and make rational use of the natural resources of a

country in the interests of the environment and future generationswas inherent in the concept of sustainable development.

Komisioni definoi termin 'zhvillim i qndrueshm' si

"zhvillim q plotson nevojat e s tashmes pa

kompromentuar aftsin e brezave t ardhshm pr t plotsuar nevojat tyre.

Sipas mendimit t Komisionit, zhvillimi ekonomik qe

dmtoi mjedisin ose oi n shfrytzim t teprt t

burimeve natyrore n dm t gjeneratave t ardhshme nuk ishte

zhvillimi i qndrueshm. Pr kt arsye, u ndje edhe nevoja pr t

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ruajtur dhe per te bere shfrytzimin racional t burimeve natyrore t nj

vendi n interesa t mjedisit dhe brezave t ardhshm qe ishte e pandashme n

konceptin e zhvillimit t qndrueshm.