Nanor Momjian GIS Expert, Water Resources Section Sustainable Development and Productivity Division (SDPD) Legal Issues and the ESCWA-BGR Inventory on Shared Water Resources in Western Asia as a Knowledge Base for Transboundary Cooperation Workshop Scaling-up Integrated Natural Resource Management, furthering knowledge on groundwater resources management and strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation systems in the GEF MENARID program UNESCO-IHP, ICARDA, IFAD - Beirut, Lebanon 16-18 June 2014 Ralf Klingbeil Regional Advisor Environment and Water Sustainable Development and Productivity Division (SDPD)
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Nanor Momjian
GIS Expert, Water Resources SectionSustainable Development and Productivity Division
(SDPD)
Legal Issues and the ESCWA-BGR Inventory on Shared
Water Resources in Western Asia as a Knowledge Base for
Transboundary Cooperation
Workshop
Scaling-up Integrated Natural Resource Management, furthering knowledge on groundwater resources
management and strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation systems in the GEF MENARID program
UNESCO-IHP, ICARDA, IFAD - Beirut, Lebanon 16-18 June 2014
Ralf KlingbeilRegional Advisor Environment and Water Sustainable Development and Productivity Division
(SDPD)
Outline
Transboundary Aquifers
Overview of Global and Regional Legal Instruments
Shared Groundwater – Transboundary Aquifer Systems
“Inventory of Shared Water Resources in Western Asia”
Examples:
Umm er Radhuma – Dammam Aquifer System
(South): Rub’ al Khali
Saq-Ram Aquifer System (West)
Sub-Regional studies and agreement
Examples:
Kuwait
Jordan River Basin Dialogue
Outlook and Conclusion
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Euphrates River – Syrian Arab Republic
Transboundary Aquifers
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1966Helsinki Rules
1997 UNWatercourse Convention
2014 Entry into Force
1992 UN ECEWater
Convention
2003 UN ECE Amendment
1998 SADCWater Protocol
2000 SADCRevised Water
Protocol
2000 EU WFD 2006 EU GW Dir
2008 UN GA Law of TBAs
2011, -13, -16 UN GA Reviews
2010 AMWC Res for Drafting AWC
Annual AMWC Reviews
Overview Global and Regional
Legal Instruments
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Legal Framework for Shared Water in the Arab Region –
“Arab Water Convention”
Preparation of Draft Text for Legal Framework, Cooperation of