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The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, also known as the Water Convention, is an international environmental agreement and one of five UNECE's negotiated environmental treaties. The purpose of this convention is to improve national attempts and measures for protection and management of ...
Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (Notification Convention), Vienna, 1986; Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas; Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), Washington, DC, 1973; Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
the South Pacific (Nouméa Convention) the East African seaboard [25] the Kuwait region (Kuwait Convention) the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (Jeddah Convention) Addressing regional freshwater issues is the 1992 Helsinki Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (UNECE/Helsinki Water Convention) [26]
The Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses, commonly referred to as the UN Watercourses Convention, is an international treaty, adopted by the United Nations on 21 May 1997, pertaining to the uses and conservation of all waters that cross international boundaries, including both surface and groundwater.
The "Protocol on Civil Liability for Damage and Compensation for Damage Caused by Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters", was adopted on 21 May 2003. This protocol is a joint instrument to the this convention and the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.
Applicable to all drainage basins that cross national boundaries, except where other agreement between bordering nations exists, the Helsinki Rules assert the rights of all bordering nations to an equitable share in the water resources, with reasonable consideration of such factors as past customary usages of the resource and balancing variant needs and demands of the bordering nations.
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
Convention for the Preservation of Wild Animals, Birds and Fish in Africa; Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region; Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas; Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution