UNUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
 
done at Helsinki on 17 March 1992

Guidelines, recommendations, background reports and studies
 
English Russian French
Recommendations on Payments for Ecosystem Services in Integrated Water Resources Management


 
Strategies for monitoring and assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters



 
Transboundary water cooperation in the newly independent States, 2003
UNECE, UNEP/ROE, Ministry for Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Agency for Environmental Assessments "Ecoterra"



 
Guidelines on Monitoring and Assessment of Transboundary and International Lakes: UNECE Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment:

     
Background paper - General properties and monitoring practices of selected transboundary/international lakes, 2002


4 MB
   
Part A: Strategy document, 2002

   
Part B: Technical guidelines, 2003. Russian: Parts A and B, 2004
2.3 MB

1.9 MB
 
An inventory of transboundary estuaries and their current monitoring practices


   
Technical report: Guidance to operation of water quality laboratories, 2002 UNECE Task Force on Laboratory Quality Management and Accreditation


1.8 MB
   
UNECE Task Force on Monitoring and Assessment:
Guidelines on Monitoring and Assessment of Transboundary Rivers
English version, 2000
Russian version, 2001



1.1 MB
 
  UNECE Task Force on Monitoring and Assessment:
Biological Assessment Methods for Watercourses


   
  UNECE Task Force on Monitoring and Assessment:
State of the Art on Monitoring and Assessment of Rivers


   
  UNECE Task Force on Monitoring and Assessment:
Quality Assurance


   
UNECE Task Force on Monitoring and Assessment:
Guidelines on Monitoring and Assessment of Transboundary Groundwater, 2000



Spanish
Guidelines on Sustainable Flood Prevention, 2000



Comparing two United Nations Conventions on Water, 2000


   
Water management: Guidance on public participation and compliance with agreements, 2000


   
Recommendations to ECE Governments on waste-water treatment, 1988 (ECE/CEP/10)




Recommendations to ECE Governments on the protection of soil and aquifers against non-point source pollution, 1988 (ECE/CEP/10)




1.3 MB
Recommendations to ECE Governments on dam safety with particular emphasis on small dams, 1989 (ECE/CEP/10)




1.9 MB
Recommendations to ECE Governments on waste-water management, 1991 (ECE/CEP/10)



1 MB

1.7 MB
Recommendations to ECE Governments on the protection of inland waters against eutrophication, 1992 (ECE/CEP/10)




Recommendations to ECE Governments on ecosystems-based water management, 1992 (ECE/CEP/10)




2.7 MB
Recommendations to ECE Governments on the five R policies - Reduction, replacement, recovery, recycling and reutilization of industrial products, residues or wastes, 1992 (ECE/CEP/10)




2.2 MB
Recommendations to ECE Governments on water quality criteria and objectives





1.2 MB
Recommendations to ECE Governments on the prevention of water pollution from hazardous substances, 1994 (ECE/CEP/10)




1.1 MB
Guidelines on licensing waste-water discharges from point sources into transboundary waters, 1996 (ECE/CEP/11)




Recommendations to ECE Governments on specific measures to prevent, control and reduce groundwater pollution from chemical storage facilities and waste-disposal sites, 1996 (ECE/CEP/11)




ISARM: Internationally shared (transboundary) aquifer resources management, 2001, (UNESCO-FAO-IAH-UNECE)


6.1 MB
   
 


Other UNECE Guidelines, recommendations, codes of conduct, charters and decisions related to water, not available on line, are listed below.

Guidelines on water-quality monitoring and assessment of transboundary rivers, 1996 (ECE/CEP/11)
Guidelines for ECE Governments on the prevention and control of water pollution from fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture, 1995 (ECE/CEP/10)
Guidelines on the ecosystem approach in water management, 1993 (ECE/ENVWA/31)
Code of Conduct on Accidental Pollution of Transboundary Inland Waters, 1990 (ECE/ENVWA/16).
Charter on Groundwater Management, 1989 (ECE/ENVWA/12)
Recommendations to ECE Governments on Rational Use of Water in Industrial Processes, 1987 (ECE/ENVWA/2)
Recommendations to ECE Governments on Water-management Systems, 1987 (ECE/ENVWA/2)
ECE Declaration of Policy on the Rational Use of Water, 1984 (ECE/ENVWA/2)
Recommendations to ECE Governments on Drinking Water Supply and Effluent Disposal System, 1982 (ECE/ENVWA/2)
Recommendations to ECE Governments on Water Pollution from Animal Production, 1981 (ECE/ENVWA/2)
Recommendations to ECE Governments on Economic Instruments for Rational Utilization of Water Resources, 1980 (ECE/ENVWA/2)
Recommendations to ECE Governments on Rational Utilization of Water, 1979 (ECE/ENVWA/2)
Recommendations to ECE Governments on Selected Water Problems in Islands and Coastal Areas with special regard to Desalination and Ground Water, 1978 (ECE/ENVWA/2)
Recommendations to ECE Governments on Long-term Planning of Water Management, 1976 (ECE/ENVWA/2)