Benin Becomes 27th Party to the UN Watercourse Convention

Benin became the 27th Party to the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention when it submitted its instrument of accession to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 5 July 2012. Benin is the third country to join the Convention this year following Luxembourg ratification on 8 June 2012 and Denmark accession on 30 April 2012. For more details, visit http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/blog/2012/07/06/convention-watch-benin-becomes-27th-party-to-the-un-watercourse-convention/