Executive summary

The Water Convention provides a global legal framework and intergovernmental platform for transboundary water cooperation. It requires Parties to prevent, control and reduce transboundary impact, to use transboundary waters in a reasonable and equitable way, and to ensure the sustainable management of transboundary waters through cooperation. Parties bordering the same transboundary waters have to cooperate by entering into specific agreements, establishing joint bodies, holding consultations, carrying out joint monitoring and assessment, exchanging information, establishing warning and alarm systems, developing harmonized policies, programmes and strategies, and pursuing other cooperation activities.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Clean Water and Sanitation