The Legal Board has been established by the third Meeting of the Parties to the Water Convention, in November 2003, to deal with legal questions related to the work under the Convention, upon request by the Convention's bodies (see decision DECISION III/3 in ECE/MP.WAT/15/Add.1). For documents of previous meetings please click here

The sixth meeting of the Legal Board of the Water Convention took place on 29–30 April 2009 in Geneva. The meeting discussed and further elaborated the draft Guide to support ratification and implementation of the Convention. The draft will be submitted to the fifth meeting of the Parties (10–12 November 2009) through the Working Group on Integrated Water Resource Management. The latter will hold its fourth meeting from 8 to 10 July 2009.

Annotated provisional agenda for the meeting ECE/MP.WAT/AC.4/2009/1		eng	fre	rus
Report ECE/MP.WAT/AC.4/2009/2		eng	fre	rus
Draft Guide to support implementation of the Convention	word	eng	-	rus

The fifth meeting of the Legal Board of the Water Convention took place on 2–3 October 2008 in Geneva. The Legal Board started working on a new challenging task: developing a Guide to support ratification and implementation of the Convention. This activity should be a multilateral exercise with the close involvement of the Legal Board and the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management, as the activity entails both an interpretation of the Convention’s provisions (which should be the role of the Legal Board), and practical advice for their implementation (which should be provided by the Working Group).

The working languages of the Legal Board are English, French and Russian. Documentation of this fifth meeting was available in English only.

Annotated provisional agenda for the meeting (English only)		eng	-	-
Report		eng	fre	rus
Draft concept of the guide for ratification of the Convention (English only)		eng	-	-