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FAO LEGISLATIVE STUDY 86 Groundwater in international law Stefano Burchi for the |
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LIST OF SELECTED ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
III. WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL TREATIES CONTAINING PROVISIONS ON GROUNDWATER
3. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa [Paris, 17 June 1994]
4. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses [New York, 21 May 1997]
5. ASEAN Agreement on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources [Kuala Lumpur, 9 July 1985]
6. Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context [Espoo, 25 February 1991]
7. Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes [Helsinki, 17 March 1992]
8. Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters [Aarhus, 25 June 1998]
9. Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes [London, 17 June 1999]
10. Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) [Windhoek, 7 August 2000]
11. Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians [Kiev, 22 May 2003]
12. African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources [Maputo, 11 July 2003]
b. Treaties Concerning Specific River/Lake Basins
13. Convention on Cooperation for the Protection and Sustainable Use of the River Danube [Sofia, 29 June 1994]
14. Convention on the Protection of the Rhine [Berne, 12 April 1999]
15. Tripartite Interim Agreement Between the Republic of Mozambique, the Republic of South Africa and the Kingdom of Swaziland for Co-operation on the Protection and Sustainable Utilisation of the Water Resources of the Incomati and Maputo Watercourses [Johannesburg, 29 August 2002]
16. Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin [Kranjska Gora, 3 December 2002]
17. The Convention on the Sustainable Development of Lake Tanganyika [Dar es Salaam, 12 June 2003]
18. Protocol for Sustainable Development of Lake Victoria Basin [Arusha, 29 November 2003]
Canada - United States of America
20. Protocol Amending the 1978 Agreement Between the United States of America and Canada on Great Lakes Water Quality, as Amended on October 16, 1983 [Toledo, 18 November 1987]
21. Memorandum of Agreement Related to Referral of Water Right Applications (10 October 1996) - Appendix to British Columbia/ Washington Memorandum of Understanding [12 April 1996]Mexico - United States of America
IV. INTERSTATE AGREEMENTS ON GROUNDWATER OR CONTAINING PROVISIONS ON GROUNDWATER
Commonwealth of Australia - New South Wales - South Australia - Victoria
Commonwealth of Australia - Queensland - South Australia
30. Lake Eyre Basin Intergovernmental Agreement [21 October 2000]
32. Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiative [25 une 2004]
34. Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 Establishing a Framework for Community Action in the Field of Water Policy [23 October 2000]
35. Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Protection of Groundwater Against Pollution [19 September 2003]
ii. International Non-Binding Instruments
36. United Nations Water Conference - Mar del Plata Action Plan [1977]
37. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe - Charter on Groundwater Management [1989]
38. International Conference on Water and the Environment - The Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development [1992]
39. United Nations Conference on Environment and Development - Agenda 21 - Chapter 18, Protection of the Quality and Supply of Freshwater Resources: Application of Integrated Approaches to the Development, Management and Use of Water Resources [1992]
40. United Nations International Law Commission - Resolution on Confined Transboundary Groundwater [1994]
41. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe - Guidelines on Monitoring and Assessment of Transboundary Groundwaters [2000]
42. Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands - Resolution VIII.40 - Guidelines for Rendering the Use of Groundwater Compatible with the Conservation of Wetlands [2002]
43. World Summit on Sustainable Development - Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development [2002]
iii. Non-Governmental Instruments
44. International Law Association (ILA) - The Seoul Rules on International Groundwaters [1986]
45. Bellagio "Model Agreement Concerning the Use of Transboundary Groundwaters" [1989]
46. International Law Association (ILA) - The Berlin Rules on Water Resources [2004]