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Notes
1. (1) Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (UNWC) (adopted 21 May 1997, entered into force 17 August 2014), 36 ILM 700. The UNWC currently has 37 parties to the Convention, with 16 signatories; see UN Treaty Collection, https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVII-12&chapter=27&clang=_en (last accessed 12 September 2021). The UNWC state parties: Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, South Africa, Spain, State of Palestine, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, UK, Uzbekistan and Viet Nam. Signatories that are not yet parties include: Paraguay, Venezuela and Yemen. (2) Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (UNECE Water Convention) (adopted 17 March 1992, entered into force 6 October 1996), 1936 UNTS 269. Seventeen years after its entry into force, the Water Convention was opened globally for accession to all UN member states from 6 February 2013. The UNECE Water Convention has 45 parties and 26 signatories; see UN Treaty Collection, https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVII-5&chapter=27&clang=_en (last accessed 12 September 2021). The UNECE Water Convention parties: Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chat, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Signatories, not yet a party: the UK.
2. See note 1.