Information on
International Water Resources

Daene McKinney
University of Texas at Austin

• ADB: Asian Development Bank
• Africa Water Page
• Comprehensive Freshwater Assessment (WMO page)
• Comprehensive Freshwater Assessment (UN SDC page)
• The Dublin Statement
• European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation
•     especially: Water and Conflict
• FAO:  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Flow of International Water Law
• Global Water Partnership
• Global Water Alliance (Albright speech)
• Greencross
• Helsinki Rules (1966)
• ICID: International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
• International Freshwater Treaties Database
•     and: Related Papers
  • International River Basins of the World
  • Criteria for Equitable Allocations: The Heart of International Water Conflict
  • Conflict and Cooperation Along International Waterways
  • Water and International Security
• IUCN: The World Conservation Union
• International Water Law Project
• Sources of Information on International Water Law
• IWMI: International Water Management Institute
• Mekong River Commission
• Pacific Institute
• Permanent Court of Arbitration
• Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)
• WORLD WATER RESOURCES ATTHE BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY (Shiklomanov - UNESCO)
• Topics related to water, international conflict and cooperation
• UNESCO International Hydrologic Programme
• UN Earthwatch (major environmental assessments)
• UN and Freshwater Issues
• UN Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses and Groundwater
• UNDP
• UNEP
• UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
• Task Force on Implementation of Convention
• UN-ESCAP: United Nations Economical and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
• UN University
• Water and Conflict
• Water Page
• Water Law and Policy Programme (Univ. of Dundee)
• World Bank
• World Bank: Water Resrouces Management Course
• WHO: World Health Organization
• WMO: World Meteorological Organization
  • Hydrology and Water Resources Program
• World Resources Institute
• World Resources Institute: Earthtrends Database
• WorldWatch Institute: The World Conservation Union on Water
• World Water Assessment Programme
• World Water Commission
• World Water Council
• World Water Forum 2 (March 2000)
• World Water Forum 3 (2002)
• World Water Vision 
• The World's Water
• Yearbook of International Cooperation in Environment and Development

• Country or Region Specific
  Aral Sea
      UT Austin - Aral Sea Studies Page
      ADB Central Asia Page
  Congo
  Ganges-Bramaputra
  Indus
  Irtysh
  Kura-Araks
  Jordan
  Mekong
      ADB Mekong Page
      Mekong River Commission
  Nile
  Niger
  Parana-La Plata
  Southern Africa
      Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)
      SADC Water Unit
      Africa Water Page
  Tigris-Euphrates
      WATER ISSUES BETWEEN TURKEY, SYRIA AND IRAQ
      http://www.american.edu/ted/ice/tigris.htm
      http://www.gapturkiye.gen.tr/english/rivers/
      http://www.grid.unep.ch/activities/sustainable/tigris/
      ...and the 1997 UN Convention
      Euphrates-Tigris basin: An overview and opportunities for cooperation under international law
  US - Mexico (Colorado, Rio Grande)
      UT Austin - Rio Grande/Bravo Studies Page
      International Boundary Waters Commission (IBWC)
      Treaties (1906) (1944)
      Border Eco-Web and another page from them
  US - Canada (Columbia)
      International Joint Commission (IJC)
      Boundary Waters Treaty 
      Columbia River Treaty
      Columbia River Planning (USACE)
      BC Hydro
      Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
   

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