Guidelines on Water Related Issues

The World Bank

Operational Manual OP 7.50 - Projects on International Waterways (2001)

Bank Procedures BP 7.50 - Projects on International Waterways (2001)

Operational Manual OP 4.37 - Safety of Dams (2001)

Bank Procedures BP 4.37 - Safety of Dams (2001)

Bank Procedures BP 4.37, Annex A - Dam Safety Reports: Content and Timing (2001)

Operational Manual OP 4.01 - Environmental Assessment (1999)

Operational Manual OP 4.01, Annex A - Definitions (1999)

Operational Manual OP 4.01, Annex B - Content of an Environmental Assessment Report for a Category A Project (1999)

Operational Manual OP 4.01, Annex C - Environmental Management Plan (1999)

Bank Procedures BP 4.01 - Environmental Assessment (1999)

Bank Procedures BP 4.01, Annex A - Application of EA to Dam and Reservoir Projects (1999)

Bank Procedures BP 4.01, Annex B - Application of EA to Projects Involving Pest Management (1999)

Operational Manual OP 4.04 - Natural Habitats (2001)

Operational Manual OP 4.04, Annex A - Definitions (2001)

Bank Procedures BP 4.04 - Natural Habitats (2001)

UNECE

Transboundary Water Cooperation in the Newly Independent States (2003)

Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements and Other Arrangements in Europe and North America on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Waters (1993)

Principles for Effective Joint Bodies for Transboundary Water Cooperation under the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (2018)

River basin commissions and other institutions for transboundary water cooperation (2009)

Declaration of Policy on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution, including Transboundary Pollution (Geneva, 1980)

Decision on International Co-operation on Shared Water Resources (Geneva, 1982)

Decision on International Co-operation on Shared Water Resources (Geneva, 1986)

Code of Conduct on Accidental Pollution of Transboundary Inland Waters (New York, 1990)

Other

International Regulation on River Navigation (Heidelberg, 9 September 1887)

International Regulation regarding the Use of International Watercourses for Purposes other than Navigation (Madrid, 20 April 1911)

Regulation governing Navigation on International Rivers (Paris, 19 October 1934)

Resolution on the Use of International Non-Maritime Waters (Salzburg, 11 September 1961)

Resolution on the Pollution of Rivers and Lakes and International Law (Athens, 12 September 1979)

Proposals of Panel of Experts on the Legal and Institutional Aspects of International Water Resources Development (New York, 9 December 1969)

Declarations of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment [extracts] (Stockholm, 16 June 1972)

Declarations and Resolutions of the United Nations Water Conference (Mar del Plata, 1977)

The rights to water (arts. 11 and 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) (2002)

UN. Treaty Handbook (2002)