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Proposed Framework Agreement concerningProposed Framework Agreement • May 10th, 2007
From this research perspective it is proposed that the UN Watercourses Convention is the most authoritative statement developed so far in the field of non-navigational uses of international watercourse, including transboundary groundwaters. The 1997 UN Watercourses Convention, however, fails to address the specific needs of optimal and sustainable utilization and development of transboundary groundwaters. Additionally, the Convention does not adequately nor comprehensively respond to the management and regulation needs of transboundary groundwater. To compensate for this gap, it is suggested here that the detailed procedures, mechanisms and required institutions contained in the Bellagio Draft Treaty and relevant State Practice. It is therefore proposed that an Agreement that is tailored as combination of the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention, the Bellagio Draft Treaty and best State practice might provide an ideal alternative for the utilization of transboundary groundwater regulation b
