The purpose of this convention is to improve national attempts and measures for protection and management of transboundary surface waters and groundwaters.
The Convention includes provisions on: monitoring, research, development, consultations, warning and alarm systems, mutual assistance and access as well as exchange of information.
These issues are even harder to solve due to transboundary nature of the water sources in the UNECE region.
[5] UNECE's records on transboundary water agreements previous to the Water Convention: Party: European Union Signatory only: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland At their second meeting the State Parties decided to help countries in establishing joint bodies, as required by certain provisions of the convention.
[25] The Bureau of the Meeting of the Parties makes arrangements to further develop the workplan, adapts it to changing circumstances and avoids duplication of efforts with water-related activities of other United Nations bodies and other international organizations.
Also, this Working Group prepares periodic assessments on the status of transboundary waters and international lakes in the UNECE region.
It encourages Parties to inform each other and the general public about any critical situation that may have a transboundary impact and to make available the results of water and effluent sampling.
The Legal Board has developed the Guide to Implementing the convention, together with the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources.
The Task Force is responsible for activities related to adaptation to climate change, including flood and drought management.
Established in November 2012, the committee is to be simple, non-confrontational, non-adversarial, transparent, supportive and cooperative, building on the collaborative spirit of the convention.
Consequently, that brings diseases such as cholera, bacillary dysentery, coli infections, viral hepatitis A and typhoid.
Its aim is to give individuals affected by the transboundary impact of industrial accidents on international watercourses (e.g. fishermen or operators of downstream waterworks) a legal claim for adequate and prompt compensation.