The status of the UN Watercourses Convention: does it still hold water?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2020
Journal Title
International Journal of Water Resources Development
ISSN
0790-0627
DOI
10.1080/07900627.2019.1690979
Abstract
When the UN General Assembly adopted the Watercourses Convention in 1997, it was heralded as a major milestone in the evolution of international water law. Yet, more than 20 years later and five years since it came into force, enthusiasm for the instrument appears to have waned. Based on patterns in the UNGA vote and assorted ratifications, and statements of various delegates to the UN’s International Law Committee, Sixth Committee and General Assembly, positions on the convention’s text are explored to uncover possible reasons for its diminishing appeal. Other externalities are also considered in terms of the convention’s viability.
First Page
1
Last Page
33
Num Pages
33
Volume Number
36
Issue Number
2021-02-03
Short Title
Status of the UN Watercourses Convention
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Recommended Citation
Gabriel Eckstein,
The status of the UN Watercourses Convention: does it still hold water?,
36
Int'l J. Water Resources Dev.
1
(2020).
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