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The Law of Transboundary Aquifers

A/RES/66/104No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 85The 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
  • 2022A/RES/77/112The law of transboundary aquifersLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2019A/RES/74/193The law of transboundary aquifersCompare with previous version
  • 2016A/RES/71/150The law of transboundary aquifersCompare with previous version
  • 2013A/RES/68/118The law of transboundary aquifersCompare with previous version
  • 2012A/RES/66/104The law of transboundary aquifersCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
AquifersShared Water ResourcesWater Law

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2013.

  • 2013A/68/172The law of transboundary aquifers report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
1
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;
2
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;
3
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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