On the Issue of a System of International-Legal Instruments in the Sphere of Regulation Intergovernmental Technology Transfer Cooperation for Sustainable Development

The research objective of this study is an elaboration of the notion about set of international-legal instruments of different legal effect in the area of sustainable development that containing provisions on transfer of environmentally sound technologies. The urgency of such analysis is determined by that the technology transfer is regarded in the Post-2015 Agenda as one of means of achieving the Sustainable development goals. This technology transfer is especially significant for developing countries. As methodological background of present study acts the concept of «hard» and «soft» international law showed as relevant for international-legal regulating international scientific and technological cooperation in general and technology transfer in particular. Thereupon the sources of «soft» law are divided on key documents of program and strategical character adopted by global sustainable development summits, on the one hand, and acts of general organs of international organizations, on the other hand. Article demonstrates in a special way the role of strategies and programs elaborated and realized for purpose of implementation of international-legal obligation in the area of technology transfer. Author’s increased attention has been paid to analysis of interrelation of international instruments of «soft» and «hard» international law in area regarded that the concept of sustainable development are embodied similarly. There have been ascertained that adopting new international-legal obligations provided for the anew concluded international conventions and implementation of obligations upon earlier concluded international conventions occur in parallel with adopting and implementing political-legal obligations having stimulatory character. In present article have been showed that recommendatory documents plays a significant role for increasing efficiency of international-legal regulating international scientific and technological cooperation. The general conclusion is a proposition that consecutive and complex meeting different obligations provided for such instruments is an essential conditions of cumulative effects capable of brining closer the transition to sustainable development.

научно-техническое сотрудничество государств, устойчивое развитие, технологии, раз-вивающиеся страны, «мягкое» международное право