From 2009-08-20 to 2009-08-20

Venue: Stockholm, Sweden

Summary:
UNESCO-IHP is organizing, with BGR, IAH and SIWI, a seminar during the World Water Week on "Sharing an Invisible Water Resource for the Common Good: How to Make Use of the UN General Assembly Resolution on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers (TBA)".

Last December, the UN General Assembly adopted the Resolution on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers. The Resolution encourages the Member States concerned 'to make appropriate arrangements for the management of their transboundary aquifers' on the basis of the draft articles prepared by the UN International Law Commission, with technical and scientific advice provided by UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme. The draft articles are included in the annex of the Resolution.

The seminar aims to provide a platform for discussions and considerations on how to make the transition from the adoption of such policies to their implementation into practical, operational actions. The debate will also consider the steps that need to be taken and the positive political implications of taking such steps over 'invisible' resources management.

The Seminar will be held Thursday 20 August 2009 afternoon

Organizers: UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO-IHP); Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI); International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH); German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)
Contact Name: Raya Marina Stephan
E-mail: r.stephan@unesco.org
URL: http://www.worldwaterweek.org/sa/node.asp?node=471&skip=100&sa_content_url=%2Fplugins%2FEventFinder%2Fevent%2Easp&id=1&event=101