General and Regional Instruments

Multilateral Agreements at the Global Level

UNECE Agreements

Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Helsinki, 17 March 1992)

Amendment to the Convention Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Madrid, 28 November 2003)

Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (London, 17 June 1999)

Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes and to the 1992 Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Kiev, 1 May 2003)

Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus, 25 June 1998)

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo, 25 February 1991)

Draft Model Provisions on Transboundary Groundwaters (Geneva, 3-4 July 2012)

International Law Association Documents

The Helsinki Rules on the Uses of Waters of International Rivers (Helsinki, 14-20 August 1966)

Berlin Rules on Water Resources (Berlin, 2004)

Dublin Statement On Water And Sustainable Development (Dublin, 1992)

The Seoul Rules on International Groundwaters (Seoul, 1986)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly 3129 (XXVIII) on Co-operation in the field of the Environment concerning Natural Resources Shared by Two or More States (New York, 13 December 1973)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly 33/87 on Co-operation in the field of the Environment concerning Natural Resources Shared by Two or More States (New York, 15 December 1978)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly 34/186 on Co-operation in the field of the Environment concerning Natural Resources Shared by Two or More States (New York, 18 December 1979)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/35/18 “Proclamation of the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade” (1980)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/47/719 “Observance of World Day for Water” (1993)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/55/196 “International Year of Freshwater, 2003” (2001)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/58/217 “International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005-2015” (2004)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly 2/104 Human rights and access to water (2006)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly 7/22 Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation (2008)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/63/133 “Observer status for the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea in the General Assembly” (2008)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/63/124 “The law of transboundary aquifers” (2009)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/HRC/RES/12/8 Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation (2009)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/64/198 “Midterm comprehensive review of the implementation of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005-2015” (2010)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/64/692 “Water, peace and security: transboundary water cooperation” (2010)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/64/692/Corr.1 “Water, peace and security: transboundary water cooperation” (corrigendum) (2010)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/64/693 “Organization of the midterm comprehensive review of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Life” 2005-2015” (2010)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/64/694 “Water and the internationally agreed development goals” (2010)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/64/695 “Water, climate change and disasters” (2010)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/64/292 “The human right to water and sanitation” (2010)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/HRC/15/L.14 “Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation” (2010)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/HRC/RES/15/9 Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation (2010)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/65/154 “International Year of Water Cooperation, 2013” (2011)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/HRC/RES/16/2 “The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation” (2011)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/HRC/RES/18/1 The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation (2011)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly 66/104 “The law of transboundary aquifers” (2012)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/HRC/RES/21/2 The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation (2012)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/67/204 Implementation of the International Year of Water Cooperation, 2013 (2013)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/67/291 “Sanitation for All” (2013)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/68/118 The law of transboundary aquifers (2013)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/HRC/RES/24/18 The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation (2013)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/68/157 The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation (2014)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/70/169 The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation (2015)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/71/222 International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028 (2016)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/71/150 The law of transboundary aquifers (2016)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/72/273 Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (2018)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/72/178 “The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation” (2017)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/73/226 “Midterm comprehensive review of the implementation of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028” (2018)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/73/297 “Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea” (2019)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly 74/193 “The law of transboundary aquifers” (2020)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/75/212 “United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028” (2020)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/75/266 “Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea” (2021)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/75/278 “Declaring the Aral Sea region a zone of ecological innovations and technologies” (2021)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/76/153 “The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation” (2022)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/77/112 “The law of transboundary aquifers” (2022)

Resolution E/ESCAP/RES/79/8 “Consideration of the modalities for the establishment of the United Nations special programme for the Aral Sea basin” (2023)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/78/130 “Sustainable, safe and universal water, sanitation, hygiene, waste and electricity services in health-care facilities” (2023)

Resolution of the UN General Assembly A/RES/78/206 “The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation” (2023)

Multilateral Agreements

African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Maputo, 11 July 2003)

Southern African Region

Protocol on Shared Watercourse Systems, Southern African Development Community (Johannesburg, 28 August 1995)

Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses in the Southern African Development Community (Windhoek, 7 August 2000)

Multilateral Agreement on the Control of Pollution of Water Resources in the Southern African Region (Pretoria, 21 November 1985)

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Nambia and the Government of the Republic of South Africa on the establishment of a permanent water commission (Noordoewer, 14 September 1992)

Treaty on development and utilisation of the water resources of the Komati River Basin between the Kingdom of Swaziland and the Government of the Republic of South Africa (13 March 1992)

Treaty on the Establishment and Functioning of the Joint Water Commission between the Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland and the Government of the Republic of South Africa (13 March 1992)

Lake Chad

Convention Relating to the Development of the Chad Basin (1964)

Agreement Establishing the Lake Chad Basin Commission Development Fund (Yaounde, 22 October 1972)

Water Charter of the Lake Chad Basin (Ndjamena, 13 April 2012)

Lake Tanganyika

The Convention on the Sustainable Management of Lake Tanganyika (Dar es Salaam, 12 June 2003)

Lake Victoria

Protocol for the Sustainable Development of Lake Victoria Basin (Tanzania, 29 November 2003)

Niger River Basin

Act regarding navigation and economic co-operation between the states of the Niger basin (Niamey, 26 October 1963)

Agreement concerning the River Niger commission and the navigation and transport on the River Niger (Niamey, 25 November 1964)

Okavango River Basin

Agreement between the Governments of the Republic of Angola, the Republic of Botswana, and the Republic of Namibia on the establishment of a permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) (Windhoek, 16 September 1994)

Kunene River Basin

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the Government of Portugal in regard to the first phase of development of the water resources of the Kunene River Basin (Lisbon, 21 January 1969)

Senegal River Basin

Convention creating Organization for the development of the Senegal River (Nouakchott, 11 May 1972)

Incomati and Maputo Watercourses

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of South Africa, the Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland and the Government of the People's Republic of Mozambique relative to the establishment of a Tripartite Permanent Technical Committee (Pretoria, 17 February 1983)

Tripartite Interim Agreement between the Republic of Mozambique and 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)

NIle River Basin

Agreement between the United Arab Republic and the Republic of Sudan for the full utilization of the Nile waters (Cairo, 8 November 1959)

Agreement on the Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework (Opened for signature on 14 May 2010 in Entebbe, Uganda, not in force)

Zambezi River Basin

Agreement on the action plan for the environmentally sound management of the Common Zambezi River System (Harare, 28 May 1987)

Agreement between the Republic of Zimbabwe and the Republic of Zambia concerning the utilization of the Zambezi river (Harare, 28 July 1987)

Miscellaneous Agreements

Agreement between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of Niger concerning the equitable sharing in the development, conservation and use of their common water resources (Maiduguri, 18 July 1990)

Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of a Consultation Mechanism for the Integrated Management of the Water Resources of the Iullemeden, Taoudeni/Tanezrouft Aquifer Systems (ITAS) (Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria) (Abuja, 28 March 2014)

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Angola and the Government of the Republic of Namibia on the Establishment of Cuvelai Water Commission (CUVECOM) (Windhoek, 16 September 2014)

NORTH AMERICA

Colorado River Basin

Treaty between the United States of America and Mexico relating to the utilization of the Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande (Washington, 3 February 1944)

Treaty to Resolve Pending Boundary Differences and Maintain the Rio Grande and Colorado River as the International Boundary Between United States of America and Mexico (Mexico, 23 November 1970)

Convention between the United States of America and Mexico: Touching the International Boundary Line Where it Follows the Bed of the Rio Colorado (Washington, 12 November 1884)

Convention between the United States and Mexico: Water Boundary (Washington, 2 December 1889)

Colorado River Storage and Interstate Release Agreement among the United States of America, acting through the Secretary of the Interior; the Arizona Water Banking Authority; the Southern Nevada Water Authority; and the Colorado River Commission of Nevada (18 December 2002)

Rio Grande River Basin

Convention between the United States and Mexico: Equitable Distribution of the Waters of the Rio Grande (Washington, 21 May 1906)

Convention between the United States of America and Mexico: Rectification of the Rio Grande (Mexico, 1 February 1933)

Treaty to Resolve Pending Boundary Differences and Maintain the Rio Grande and Colorado River as the International Boundary between the United States of American and Mexico (Mexico, 23 November 1970)

Columbia River Basin

Treaty relating to cooperative development of the water resources of the Columbia River Basin (Washington, 17 January 1961)

Niagara River Basin

Treaty Between the United States of America and Canada Relating to the Uses of the Waters of the Niagara River (Washington, 27 February 1950)

Great Lakes

Agreement between Canada and the United States of America on Great Lakes quality (Ottawa, 22 November 1978)

Supplementary Agreement Amending the Agreement Between The US and Canada on Great Lakes Water Quality (Halifax, 16 October 1983)

Protocol amending the 1978 Agreement Between The United States of America and Canada on Great Lakes Water Quality, as amended on October 16, 1983 (1983)

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement (13 December 2005)

Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries Between the United States of America and Canada (Washington, 10 September 1954)

Lake of the Woods

Agreement Between the United States of America and Canada to Regulate the Level of Lake of the Woods (Washington, 24 February 1925)

Skagit River Basin

Treaty between Canada and the United States of America relating to the Skagit River and Ross Lake, and the Seven Mile Reservoir on the Pend d'Oreille River (Washington, 2 April 1984)

Souris River Basin

Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America for water supply and flood control in the Souris river basin (Washington, 1989)

Miscellaneous Agreements

Treaty Between the United States and Great Britain Relating to Boundary Waters, and Questions Arising Between the United States and Canada (Washington, 11 January 1909)

Memorandum of understanding for scientific and technical cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Italy in the field of water resources (Rome, 24 June 1968)

Boundary Waters: Red River Flood Control - Agreement between the United States of America and Canada effected by exchange of notes (Washington, 29-30 August 1988)

Boundary Waters - Agreement effected by exchange of notes (1987)

Boundary Waters: San Diego, California/Tijuana, Baja California - Minute No. 283 of the International Boundary and Water Commission signed by the United States of America and Mexico (1990)

Minute No. 289 of the International Boundary and Water Commission United States and Mexico entitled Observation on the quality of the waters along the United States and Mexico Border (1992)

Reservoir Watershed Management Agreement (2005)

SOUTH AMERICA

Amazon River Basin

Treaty for Amazonian Co-operation (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela) (Brasilia, 3 July 1978)

Parana River Basin

Agreement on Parana River Projects (Stroessner City, 19 October 1979)

Treaty Between the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of Paraguay Concerning the Hydroelectric Utilization of the Water Resources of the Parana River Owned in Condominium by the Two Countries, From and Including the Salto Grande de Sete Quedas or Salto Del Guaira, to the Mouth of the Iguassu River (Brasilia, 26 April 1973)

Treaty of Yacyreta (Asuncion, 3 December 1973)

Agreement Between the Argentine Republic and the Republic of Paraguay Concerning a Study of the Utilization of the Water Power of the Apipe Falls (Buenos Aires, 23 January 1958)

Uruguay River Basin

Statute of the River Uruguay (Salto, 26 February 1975)

Agreement Concerning the Utilization of the Rapids of the Uruguay River in the Salto Grande Area (Montevideo, 30 December 1946)

Plate River Basin

Treaty of the River Plate Basin (Brasilia, 23 April 1969)

Treaty between Uruguay and Argentina concerning the Rio de la Plata and the Corresponding Maritime Boundary (Montevideo, 19 November 1973)

Guarani Aquifer

Agreement on the Guarani Aquifer (San Juan, 2 August 2010)

Indus River Basin

Indus Water Treaty (Karachi, 19 September 1960)

Mekong/Lancang River Basin

Agreement on the Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River Basin (Chiang Rai, 5 April 1995)

Mekong Agreement and Procedural Rules (Chiang Rai, 5 April 1995)

Agreement Between The Goverment of The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and The Royal Government of Cambodia on Waterway Transportation (Phnom Penh, 17 December 2009)

Aral Sea Basin

Frontier Agreement between Afghanistan and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Moscow, 13 June 1946)

Treaty between the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Royal Government of Afghanistan concerning the Regime of the Soviet-Afghan State Frontier (Moscow, 18 January 1958)

Protocol between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Afghanistan on the Joint Execution of Works for the Integrated Utilization of the Water Resources in the Frontier Section of the Amudarya (Kabul, 25 June 1958)

Amur River Basin

Agreement Between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the People's Republic of China on Joint Research Operations to Determine the Natural Resources of the Amur River Basin and the Prospects for Development of its Productive Potentialities and on Planning and Survey Operations to Prepare A Scheme for the Multi-purpose Exploitation of the Argun River and the Upper Amur River (Peking, 18 August 1956)

Ganges River Basin

Treaty Between the government of the Republic of India and the government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on Sharing of the Ganga/Ganges Waters at Farakka (New Delhi, 12 December 1996)

Agreement between His Majesty's government of Nepal and the government of India on the Gandak Irrigation and Power Project (Kathmandu, 4 December 1959)

Kosi River Basin

Agreement between the government of India and the government of Nepal on the Kosi project (Kathmandu, 25 April 1954)

Amended agreement between His Majesty's government of Nepal and the government of India concerning the Kosi Project (Kathmandu, 19 December 1966)

Treaty between His Majesty's government of Nepal and the government of India concerning the iIntegrated development of the Mahakali barrage including Sarada barrage, Tanakpur barrage and Pancheshwar Project (Kathmandu, 29 January 1996)

Kura/Araks River Basin

Agreement between Iran and the Soviet Union for the joint utilisation of the frontier parts of the rivers Aras and Atrak for irrigation and power generation (Teheran, 11 August 1957)

Helmand River Basin

Terms of reference of the Helmand River Delta commission and a interpretive statement relative thereto, agreed by Conferees of Afghanistan and Iran (7 September 1950)

Report of the Helmand River Delta Commission, Afghanistan and Iran, February 1951

The Afghan-Iranian Helmand-River Water Treaty (Kabul, 20 March 1973)

Euphrates-Tigris River Basins

Treaty of Friendship and Neighbourly Relations Between Iraq and Turkey and the Attached Protocol No.1 Relative to the Regulation of the Waters of the Tigris and Euphrates and of Their Tributaries (Ankara, 29 March 1946)

Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Turkey and the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic on establishment of a pumping station for withdrawal of water from Tigris River (Damascus, 23 December 2009)

Joint Minutes concerning the provisional division of the waters of the Euphrates River (Baghdad, 17 April 1989)

Yarmuk River Basin

Agreement between the Republic of Syria and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan concerning the utilization of the Yarmuk waters (Damascus, 3 September 1987)

Miscellaneous Agreements

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on Cooperation in the Use and Protection of Transboundary Rivers (Astana, 12 September 2001)

Agreement Between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of Mongolia on the Protection and Utilization of Transboundary Waters (Ulaanbaatar, 29 April 1994)

Treaty between the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Imperial Government of Iran concerning the regime of the Soviet-Iranian frontier and the procedure for the settlement of frontier disputes and incidents (Moscow, 14 May 1957)

Water Annex to Model Israel-Palestinian Peace Agreement

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on Cooperation in the Field of Environment (Dushanbe, 10 September 1995)

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of Turkmenistan on Cooperation in the Field of Environment (Ankara, 18 November 1996)

Treaty concerning the state frontier and neighbourly relations between Iran and Iraq and protocol (Baghdad, 17 April 1975)

Agreement between Iran and Iraq concerning the use of frontier watercourses, and protocol (Baghdad, 26 December 1975)

Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Turkey and the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic in the field of efficient utilization of water resources and combating of drought (Damascus, 23 December 2009)

Agreement between the Syria Arab Republic and the Lebanese Republic for the sharing the Great Southern River Basin Waters and the building of joint dam on it (Beirut, 20 April 2002)

Murray-Darling River Basin

Murray-Darling Basin Agreement (24 June 1992)

Murray-Darling Basin Act 1992 (3 November 1992)

Murray-Darling Basin Act 1993 (26 August 1993)

Murray-Darling Basin Act 1993 (20 September 1993)

Murray-Darling Basin Act 1993 (6 October 1993)

Murray-Darling Basin Act 1996 (12 December 1996)

Murray-Darling Basin Act 2008 (6 November 2008)

Lake Eyre Basin

Lake Eyre Basin Intergovernmental Agreement Act (21 October 2000)

European Directives

Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and the of the Council establishing a framework for Community Action in the Field of Water Policy (2000)

Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration (2006)

Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on detergents (2004)

Council Directive 80/778 Relating to the Quality of Water Intended for Human Consumption (1980)

Council Directive 80/68/EEC on the Protection of Groundwater Against Pollution Caused by Certain Dangerous Substances (1979)

Council Directive 78/659/EEC 0n the Quality of Fresh Waters Needing Protection or Improvement in Order to Support Fish Life (1978)

Council Directive 77/795/EEC concerning Establishing a Common Procedure for the Exchange of Information on the Quality of Surface Fresh Water in the Community (1976)

Council Directive 76/464/EEC on Pollution Caused by Certain Dangerous Substances Discharged into the Aquatic Environment of the Community (1976)

Council Directive 76/160/EEC concerning the Quality of Bathing Water (1975)

Council Directive 75/440/EEC concerning the Quality Required of Surface Water Intended for the Abstraction of Drinking Water in the Member States (1975)

Council Directive 73/405/EEC on the Approximation of the Law of the Member States Relating to Methods of Testing the Biodegradability of Anionic Surfactants (1973)

Council Directive 73/404/EEC on the Approximation of the Laws of Member States Relating to Detergents (1973)

Rhine River Basin

Convention on the Protection of the Rhine (Federal Republic of Germany, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the European Union) (Rotterdam, 22 January 1998)

Meuse/Scheldt River Basin

Agreement on the Protection of the River Meuse (Charleville Mezieres, 26 April 1994)

Agreement on the Protection of the River Scheldt (Charleville Mezieres, 26 April 1994)

Elbe River Basin

Convention between Germany and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and the European Economic Community on the International Commission for the Protection of the Elbe (Magdeburg, 8 October 1990)

Protocol to the Convention of 8 October 1990 between Germany and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic and EEC on the International Commission for the Protection of the Elbe (Magdeburg, 9 December 1991)

Danube River Basin

Convention regarding the regime of navigation on the Danube (Belgrade, 18 August 1948)

Convention Between the Government of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Government of the Romanian People’s Republic Concerning the Determination of the Value of Investments and Mutual Accounting in Connexion with the Construction of the Iron Gates Water Power and Navigation System on the River Danube (Belgrade, 30 November 1963)

Agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Economic Community, on the one hand, and the Republic of Austria, on the other, on cooperation on management of water resources in the Danube Basin - Statute of the Standing Committee on Management of Water Resources (Regensburg, 1 December 1987)

Convention on Cooperation for the Protection and Sustainable Use of the River Danube (Sofia, 29 June 1994)

Danube Declaration. Danube Basin: Shared Waters – Joint Responsibilities (16 February 2010)

River Basin

Daugava River Basin

Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of the Republic of Latvia on cooperation in the field of use and protection of water resources in the Zapadnaya Dvina/Daugava River Basin (Draft, May 2003)

Sava River Basin

Framework Agreement on the Sava River basin (Kranjska Gora, 3 December 2002)

Protocol on Navigation Regime to the Framework Agreement on the Sava River basin

Protocol on Flood Protection to the Framework Agreement on the Sava River basin

Protocol on Prevention of Water Pollution caused by Navigation to the Framework Agreement on the Sava River basin

Protocol on Sediment Management to the Framework Agreement on the Sava River basin

Tisza River Basin

Convention Between the Governments of the Hungarian People's Republic and the Czechoslovakian Socialist Republic, the Executive Council of the Yugoslav Socialist Federal Republic, the Governments of the Romanian Socialist Republic and of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Measures to Combat Pollution of the Tisza River and its Tributaries (1986)

Declaration on Co-Operation concerning the Tisza/Tisa River Basin (Ljubljana, 16 September 2003)

Miscellaneous Agreements

Treaty between the Hungarian People's Republic and the Republic of Austria Concerning the Regulation of Water Economy Questions in the Frontier Region (Vienna, 9 April 1956)

Agreement between the Government of the Czechoslovak Republic and the Government of the Polish People's Concerning the Use of the Water Resources in Frontier Waters (Prague, 21 March 1958)

Agreement between the Government of the Estonian Republic and the Government of the Russian Federation on cooperation in protection and sustainable use of transboundary waters (Moscow, 20 August 1997)

Agreement between the Peoples Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Turkey Concerning Co-operation in the Use of the Waters of Rivers Flowing Through the Territory of Both Countries (Maritsa/Marica, Tundzha, Veleka, Rezovska Rivers) (Istanbul, 23 October 1968)

Agreement between the Government of the Polish People's Republic and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Concerning the Use of Water Resources in Frontier Waters (Warsaw, 17 July 1964)

Agreement between Finland and Sweden Concerning Frontier Waters (Helsinki, 15 December 1971)

Agreement between Finland and Sweden Concerning Transboundary Rivers (Stockholm, 11 November 2009)

Treaty Between the Czech Republic Government and the Slovak Republic Government on Mutual Relations and Principles of Cooperation in Agriculture, Food Industry, Forestry, and Water Economy Under the Conditions of the Customs Union (Bratislava, 23 November 1992)

Convention between Italy and Switzerland concerning the regulation of Lake Lugano (Lugano, 17 September 1955)

Agreement between the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Albania and the Government of the Republic of Macedonia for the protection and sustainable development of lake Ohrid and its watershed (Skopje, 17 June 2004)

Agreement on Cooperation for the Protection and Sustainable Use of the Waters of the Spanish-Portuguese Hydrographic Basins (Albufeira, 30 November 1998)

Protocol between Finland, Norway and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Concerning Amendments to the Regulations of 24 April 1947 for the Regulation of Lake Inari in Connexion with the Use of the Niskakoski Dam and to the Protocol of 29 April 1954 Concerning Amendments to Paragraph 2 of the Said Regulations (Oslo, 24 February 1956)

Agreement Between the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Government of Norway and the Government of Finland Concerning the Regulation of lake Inari by Means of the Kaitakoski Hydro-Electric Power Station and Dam (Moscow, 29 April 1959)

Additional Protocol Concerning Compensation for Loss and Damage and for the Works to be Carried Out by Finland in Connection with the Implementation of the Agreement Concerning the Regulation of Lake Inari by Means of the Kaitakoski Hydroelectric Power Station and Dam (Moscow, 29 April 1959)

Convention Between the Republic of Finland and the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic Concerning the Maintenance of River Channels and the Regulation of Fishing on Watercourses Forming Part of the Frontier Between Finland and Russia (1922)

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Finland and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics concerning the production of electric power in the part of the Vuoksi river bounded by the Imatra and Svetogorsk hydroelectric station (Helsinki, 12 July 1972)

Agreement between Finland and Norway on the Finnish-Norwegian border water commission (Helsinki, 5 November 1980)

Agreement Regulating the Withdrawal of the Water from Lake Constance (Berne, 30 April 1966)

Agreement Concerning the Protection of the Waters of the Mediterranean Shores (Monaco, 10 May 1976)

Extension of the Agreement on the Environmental Management of the Lielupe River Basin (21 July 1995)

Agreement between the Government of the Hellenic Republic and the Government of the Republic of Albania on the establishment of the permanent Greek-Albanian Commission on transboundary freshwater issues (Athens, 3 April 2003)

Minutes of the Meeting of the Greek-Albanian Permanent Commission on the Transboundary Freshwater Issues (Tirana, 10 April 2008)

Agreement Between the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Government of the People's Republic of Albania Concerning Water Economy Questions, Together With the Statue of the Yugoslav-Albanian Water Economic Commission and With the Protocol Concerning Fishing in Frontier Lakes and Rivers (Belgrade, 5 December 1956)

Agreement between the Government of Hungary and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on cooperation in the field of water management (Budapest, 16 September 2013)

Intergovernmental Agreement between Moldova and Ukraine on transboundary waters (1994)

Treaty between Government of the Republic of Moldova and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on cooperation on conservation and sustainable development of the Dniester river basin (2012)

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on the Use of Water Management Facilities of Intergovernmental Status on the Rivers Chu and Talas (2000)

Petersberg Declaration on Cooperation for Transboundary Water Management (1998)

Model Law on safety of hydraulic installations (draft, 2006)