Equitable utilisation and the ‘No harm rule’ Sample Clauses

Equitable utilisation and the ‘No harm rule’. Equitable utilisation is included in the Agreement through article 5, but traces of it can also be found in article 1, through the aim of optimizing benefits. The integration of the definition of ‘reasonable and equitable use’ based on the 1966 Helsinki rules makes the Mekong Agreement the first (and reportedly the only) international agreement to adopt this precise definition.226 The principles of sovereign equality and territorial integrity in the utilisation and protection of water resources are emphasised in Article 4 of the Mekong Agreement. All “relevant factors and circumstances”, as well as the provisions stated in Article 5 A. and B. and future rules on water quantity are to be taken into consideration in the utilisation. Relevant factors, similar to those mentioned in the 1997 Water Convention,227 are however not exemplified in the Agreement. Water quality does not comprise an extensive part of the Agreement, but is instead meant to be accommodated for through subsequent rules. The ‘polluter’s pays principle’, composing part of the concept of sustainable development and addressed in Article 16 of the Rio Declaration has not possible inclusion of China and Myanmar open for the future (See section 5.8 of this thesis). 221 xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/mrc_notes.htm 2005-03-29 222 For example the Se Kong (Laos and Cambodia), Se San (Vietnam and Cambodia), and the Sre Pok (Vietnam and Cambodia) (Xxxxxxx, 2000, p. 255) 223 Xxxxxxx, 2000, p. 255. 224 See section 3.2 above. 225 1992 UNECE Convention, Article 1.1. 226 Xxxxxxxxx, 2004, p. 48. 227 Article 6 of the 1997 Water Convention (see section 3.4 above). been incorporated in the Agreement. The possibility however still exists that the principle will be incorporated in the future rules on water quality. Ensuring that the river and its tributaries have sufficient legal protection to thwart the devastating deterioration of its waters that so many of the world’s other rivers have endured due to economic development is vital for the well- being and prosperity of the region and its inhabitants. In this sense the ’no harm’ principle, an essential part of the regime of international watercourses, especially in relation to pollution prevention, is of major importance. This rule has been incorporated into the Agreement through article 7. However, the Agreement also includes the requirement to “cease immediately the alleged cause of harm” when presented by another member with proper and valid evidence of substant...
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