The Law of Transboundary Aquifers

A/RES/66/104View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 85 The law of transboundary aquifers, published in 2012.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2009–2022

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/77/112

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2022	A/RES/77/112	The law of transboundary aquifers	422	96%Compare
2019	A/RES/74/193	The law of transboundary aquifers	414	94%Compare
2016	A/RES/71/150	The law of transboundary aquifers	416	9%Compare
2013	A/RES/68/118	The law of transboundary aquifers	2,680	6%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/104	The law of transboundary aquifers	267	6%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2011–2013

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2013	A/68/172	The law of transboundary aquifers report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/66/104
2011	A/66/116	The law of transboundary aquifers report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/63/124

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Aquifers Shared Water Resources Water Law

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

Further encourages the States concerned to make appropriate bilateral or regional arrangements for the proper management of their transboundary aquifers, taking into account the provisions of the draft articles annexed to its resolution 63/124;

Encourages the International Hydrological Programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, whose contribution was noted in resolution 63/124, to offer further scientific and technical assistance to the States concerned;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-eighth session the item entitled “The law of transboundary aquifers” and, in the light of written comments of Governments, as well as views expressed in the debates of the Sixth Committee held at its sixty-third and sixty-sixth sessions, to continue to examine, inter alia, the question of the final form that might be given to the draft articles.

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