The Unece Convention on the Protection and Use of
Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes: Its Contribution to
International Water Cooperation
by Attila Tanzi (Author, Editor), Owen McIntyre
(Editor), Alexandros Kolliopoulos (Editor), Alistair Rieu-Clarke (Editor), Remy
Kinna (Editor)
"The UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use
of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes" provides invaluable
insights into the contribution of this international agreement towards
transboundary water cooperation via its legal provisions, accompanying
institutional arrangements and subsidiary policy mechanisms. Contributing
authors - experts on key aspects of the Convention - address a broad range of
issues, primarily concerning its: development and evolution; relationship with
other multi-lateral agreements; regulatory framework and general principles;
tools for arresting transboundary pollution; procedural rules; compliance and
liability provisions; and select issues including its Protocol on Water and
Health.