The fifth meeting of the Legal Board under the UNECE Convention on the
Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
took place on 2-3 October 2008 in Geneva.
The Legal Board has been established by the third meeting of the Parties to
the Convention to deal with legal questions related to the work under the
Convention. At its fifth meeting, the Legal Board started to work on a new
task: developing a guide to support ratification and implementation of the
Convention. This activity follows requests for support from Georgia and the
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to facilitate their accession to the
Convention. The Legal Board discussed a draft concept and outline of the
guide and agreed on a general approach, as well as on its structure and
content.
Developing a guide will be a multilateral exercise with the close
involvement of the Legal Board and the Working Group on Integrated Water
Resources Management. The later will provide practical advice for
implementation of the provisions of the Convention. At its meeting in Rome,
22-24 October 2008, the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources
Management will discuss the revised concept of the guide.
The next meeting of the Legal Board will take place on 12-13 May 2009. In
the meantime, a small Drafting Group will work on the text of the guide.
Draft concept of the guide can be found at:
http://www.unece.org/env/water/meetings/legal_board/legal_board.htm
For more information contact:
Iulia Trombitcaia,
Eco-Accord/European ECO Forum
iutrombitcaia@hotmail.com
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