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The UN Watercourses Convention in Force - Strengthening International Law for Transboundary Water Management (Hardcover, New)
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The UN Watercourses Convention in Force - Strengthening International Law for Transboundary Water Management (Hardcover, New)
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At the UN General Assembly in 1997, an overwhelming majority of
States voted for the adoption of the United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses
- a global overarching framework governing the rights and duties of
States sharing freshwater systems. Globally, there are 263
internationally shared watersheds, which drain the territories of
145 countries and represent more than forty percent of the Earth's
land surface. Hence, inter-State cooperation towards the
sustainable management of transboundary water supplies, in
accordance with applicable international legal instruments, is a
topic of crucial importance, especially in the context of the
current global water crisis. This volume provides an assessment of
the role and relevance of the UN Watercourses Convention and
describes and evaluates its entry into force as a key component of
transboundary water governance. To date, the Convention still
requires further contracting States before it can enter into force.
The authors describe the drafting and negotiation of the Convention
and its relationship to other multilateral environmental
agreements. A series of case studies assess the role of the
Convention at various levels: regional (European Union, East
Africa, West Africa, Central Asia, Central America and South
America), river basin (e.g. the Mekong and Congo) and national
(e.g. Ethiopia and Mexico). The book concludes by proposing how
future implementation might further strengthen international
cooperation in the management of water resources, to promote
biodiversity conservation as well as sustainable and equitable use.
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