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… Use of terms For the purposes of the present Convention: "Watercourse" means a system of surface waters and … normally flowing into a common terminus; "International watercourse" means a watercourse, parts of which are situated in different States; …

… environmental flows, people and communities along the watercourse could gain greater access to drinking water. A … supply needed freshwater to thirsty communities along the watercourse. Likewise, where the purpose of securing minimum … (adjacent) sovereign States. For example, the Danube watercourse alone has seventeen riparian sovereign States, …

… African Development Community Experience in Shared Watercourse Governance … 58 4.3 The need for shared watercourse governance in SADC … 66 4.6.5 Shared watercourse agreements … Many of the case studies in this volume analyze particular watercourse agreements in the context of the 1997 convention. …

… barriers, even if the water is not “diverted” from the watercourse. 10. In addition to actual deposits of pollutants … description of the water cycle and the components of a watercourse system. Key terms appear in italics the first … instream uses are uses or values relating to water in a watercourse. These range from fishing, conservation of fish …

… of 2000 248 highlights the equitable utilization of shared watercourse systems in the region (preamble, articles 2 (a), … 1994 250 (adopted as a convention in 1997), provides that watercourse States “shall in their respective territories utilize an international watercourse in an equitable and reasonable manner” and “shall …

… reduce and control the pollution of an international watercourse” [2. Watercourse States shall, at the request of any of them which … facilities or other works related to an international watercourse; […] Convention on the Law of the …

… or global agreements. Some issues, such as air and watercourse pollution or protection of migratory species, may …

… regarding access to fresh water within an international watercourse basin. n International Political Comity and … because of the potential impacts on a transboundary watercourse. This project is not on the list of projects …

… as transboundary forests and protected areas, shared watercourse systems, and fisheries. These agreements may have …