Draft legal framework for shared water resources in the Arab World: is it really needed?

Figures & data

Figure 1. Shared surface water basins in the Arab Region (Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), 2018, p. 1).

Figure 2. Shared groundwater basins in the Arab Region (Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), 2018, p. 2).

Table

List of Conventions	Abbreviations
Draft Legal Framework on Shared Water Resources in the Arab Region	Draft Arab Water Convention
Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses	Watercourses Convention, UNWC
Southern African Development Community Water Protocol	SADC Water Protocol
Agreement between the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan on Cooperation in the Field of Joint Management on Utilization and Protection of Water Resources from Interstate Sources	Almaty Agreement
Agreement on the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System shared between Libya, Egypt, north-eastern Chad, and northern Sudan	NSAS
Agreement on the Use of Water and Energy Resources of the Syr Darya Basin
Framework Convention on Environmental Protection for Sustainable Development in Central Asia
Agreement between the Government of Kazakhstan and the Government of China on Cooperation in the Use and Protection of Transboundary Rivers
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes	UNECE Water Convention
Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers	Draft Articles
List of Organizations	Acronyms
Arab Ministerial Water Council	AMWC
Center for Water Studies and Arab Water Security
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia	ESCWA
Southern African Development Community	SADC
Gulf Cooperation Council	GCC
World Bank Group	WBG
International Court of Justice	ICJ
International Law Commission	ILC

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). (2018). Overview of shared water resources management in the Arab region for informing progress on SDG 6.5 (E/ESCWA/SDPD/2017/Technical Paper.13; 3 January 2018).

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