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Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes


Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
 

Convention bodies

Meeting of the Parties

Fifth session, 10-12 November 2009, Geneva

Palais des Nations, Conference room VII
Main page of the fifth session
DOCUMENTS AND OTHER MATERIAL

 

 

Post-session documentation (report)

Report

ECE/MP.WAT/29

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Workplan for 2010-2012

ECE/MP.WAT/29/Add.1

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Chair’s summary of the High-level Segment and other documents adopted by
the Meeting of the Parties

ECE/MP.WAT/29/Add.2

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Documents for all items of the agenda

Provisional agenda
ECE/MP.WAT/28

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Draft workplan for 2010–2012
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/L.1

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Report on the implementation of the workplan for 2007–2009
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/2

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Programme of work for 2007–2009
ECE/MP.WAT/19/Add.2

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Item 3. Constitution of the fifth meeting of the Parties

Ratification status of the Water Convention, its amendments and its Protocols

MOP-5/2009/INF.1

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Item 4. Amendments to articles 25 and 26 to open the Convention to countries outside the region

Opening the Convention to States outside the region: Why the amendments to articles 25 and 26 should enter into force soon
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/1

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Background document

       

Amendment to articles 25 and 26 of the Convention
ECE/MP.WAT/14

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Item 5. Integrated management of water and related ecosystems

Background documents

       

Report on the third meeting of the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management
ECE/MP.WAT/WG.1/2008/2

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Report on the fourth meeting of the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management
ECE/MP.WAT/WG.1/2009/2

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(a) Guide to implementing the Convention

       

Draft Guide to implementing the Convention
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/L.2

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(b) Reviewing and promoting implementation and compliance

       

Facilitating and supporting implementation and compliance:a needed step in the Convention’s evolution
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/3

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(c) Ecosystem services and payments for such services in integrated water resources management

       

Background document

       

Recommendations on payments for ecosystem services in integrated water resources management (publication)
ECE/MP.WAT/22

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(d) Water and climate adaptation in transboundary basins, including flood and drought risk management

       

Water and adaptation to climate change
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/4

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Guidance on water and adaptation to climate change (publication)
ECE/MP.WAT/30

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Future programme of pilot projects under the Convention
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/5

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Background document

       

Transboundary flood risk management: experiences from the UNECE region (publication)
ECE/MP.WAT/31

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(e) European Union Water Initiative and National Policy Dialogues

       

Background document

       

Progress report on National Policy Dialogues in countries in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/6

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(f) Water and industrial accidents

       

Safety guidelines and good practices for tailing management facilities ECE/MP.WAT/WG.1/2008/5-ECE/CP.TEIA/2008/9

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Draft Strategy for the Joint Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/L.3

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Questionnaire on priority needs in the area of water and industrial accidents in the transboundary context. (English only)

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Background documents

 

Report of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on its fifth meeting
ECE/CP.TEIA/19

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Progress report of the Joint Ad Hoc Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents
ECE/MP.WAT/WG.1/2008/6-ECE/CP.TEIA/2008/8

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Challenges and opportunities of transboundary accidental water pollution, liability and compensation – progress towards ratification of the Civil Liability Protocol
ECE/BELGRADE.CONF/2007/INF/2-ECE/MP.WAT/24-ECE/CP.TEIA/17

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Report on the Workshop on the safety of tailing management facilities ECE/MP.WAT/SEM.8/2007/2-ECE/CP.TEIA/SEM.3/2007/2

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Minutes of the ninth meeting of the Joint Ad Hoc Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents (English only)
JEG18/25 July 2008

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Minutes of the eighth meeting of the Joint Ad Hoc Expert Group on Water and Industrial Accidents (English only)
JEG16/19 December 2007

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(g) “Capacity for Water Cooperation” project

       

Background document

       

River basin commissions and other institutions for transboundary water cooperation (publication)
ECE/MP.WAT/32

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Item 6. Monitoring and assessment of transboundary waters

Background documents

       

Report on the eighth meeting of the Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment
ECE/MP.WAT/WG.2/2007/2

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Report on the ninth meeting of the Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment
ECE/MP.WAT/WG.2/2008/2

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Report on the tenth meeting of the Working Group on Monitoring and Assessment
ECE/MP.WAT/WG.2/2009/2

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(a) Assessment of the status of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters

 

Note on the second Assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/7

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Main findings of the assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters in South-Eastern Europe
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/8

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Assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters in South-Eastern Europe discharging in the Black Sea
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/9

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Assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters in South-Eastern Europe discharging in the Adriatic Sea
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/10

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Assessment of transboundary rivers, lakes and groundwaters in South-Eastern Europe discharging in the Aegean Sea
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/11

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Background document

       

First Assessment of Transboundary Rivers, Lakes and Groundwaters (publication) ECE/MP.WAT/25

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(b) Strengthening capacity for data administration and exchange for monitoring and assessment of transboundary water resources in EECCA

       

Background document

       

Strengthening capacity for data administration and exchange for monitoring and assessment of transboundary water resources in EECCA: proposal for a pilot activity
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/12

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Item 7. Proposed programme of pilot projects

Future programme of pilot projects under the Convention
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/5

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Item 8. International Water Assessment Centre

Draft strategy and workplan of the International Water Assessment Centre for 2010–2012
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/L.4

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Item 11. Cooperation with the Protocol on Water and Health

Background documents

       

Programme of work of the Protocol on Water and Health for 2007–2009
ECE/MP.WH/2/Add.5-EUR/06/5069385/1/Add.5

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Report on the first meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2008/2-EUR/08/5086340/12

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Report on the second meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health
ECE/MP.WH/WG.1/2009/2- EUR/09/5086340/4

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Item 13. Promotion of the Convention and the role of focal points

How to better promote the Convention and its Protocol on Water and Health: a guide for focal points
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/13

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Item 14. Workplan for 2010–2012 and resources needed for its implementation

Draft workplan for 2010–2012 (as above)
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/L.1

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Draft guiding principles for financial assistance to representatives of countries with economies in transition, non-governmental organizations and countries outside the region
ECE/MP.WAT/2009/L.5

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Item 16. Date and venue of the sixth session of the Meeting of the Parties
Provisional calendar of meetings PDF ENG - -