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The Law of Transboundary Aquifers

A/RES/77/112View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 86The law of transboundary aquifers, published in 2022.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2009–2022
  • 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).

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

iExtracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
AquifersShared Water ResourcesWater LawWater Management

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
1
Commends to the attention of Governments the draft articles on the law of transboundary aquifers annexed to its resolution 68/118 as guidance for bilateral or regional agreements and arrangements for the proper management of transboundary aquifers;
2
Encourages the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to continue its contribution by providing further scientific and technical assistance upon the consent of the recipient State and within its mandate;
3
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eighty-first session the item entitled “The law of transboundary aquifers”.

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