Zrównoważony rozwój jako płaszczyzna integracji międzynarodowej. Uwagi na marginesie Raportu Komisji Brundtland

Abstract

This article is devoted to the theory of sustainable development in version presented in the report of the Brundtland Commission announced thirty years ago. The material object of this article is the specific group of assumptions of this theory. These are external assumptions, i.e. discourse requirements forced by the circumstances determining the conditions of leading it. The main focus was concentrated on assumptions involving affiliation of the Brundtland Commission to the United Nations (systemic), the realisation of goals set by the General Assembly (task) and changes happening in the conditions of the United Nations functioning under the influence of international situation in the world of this time (compatible). The formal object of this article is the answer for the question concerning the relevance of this theory in contemporary political conditions determined by the end of the Cold War, globalisation and the growth of economic position of international concerns. In this article the process of deduction was used to bring to daylight the latent assumptions and the analysis of documents to expose the overt assumptions. J. Rawls’ remarks concerning the topic of difference between theoretical status of state representative and representative of people were also used. The final conclusion confirms the relevance of the analysed version of the sustainable development theory.