There was a very lucid view brought to the signing of that agreement in 1987 to the effect that if we imposed on developing countries the same standards we were going to ask of developed countries, they would never live up to them, it would never happen; that it was wiser and better to actually impose and ask them to adopt a different schedule that was slower, but at least allow them to meet the targets.
Lorsqu'on a signé l'accord, en 1987, on a reconnu avec beaucoup de lucidité que si l'on imposait aux pays en voie de développement les mêmes normes qu'aux pays industrialisés, ils n'arriveraient pas à les respecter.
