The UN Watercourses Convention User's Guide provides an article by article explanation of the text of Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses; which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on the 21st May 1997.  The Guide is aimed at

The Vacancy Announcement for the position of Programme Officer- P3 at UN-Water is now available online on UNOPS  Global Personal Recruitment System. The deadline for applications is 21 September 2012. Details on the position at: https://gprs.unops.org/pages/viewvacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=1070.  

The 2011 Draft Model Bill for the Conservation, Protection and Regulation of Groundwater is now available online on the website of the Planning Commission of India, at http://planningcommission.nic.in/aboutus/committee/wrkgrp12/wr/wg_model_bill.pdf

P. Cullet, Groundwater, Towards a new Legal and Institutional Framework, in: P. Cullet et al., Water Conflicts in India - Towards a New Legal and Institutional Framework (Pune: Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India, 2012), p. 58-71. Available online at http://www.ielrc.org/content/w1201.pdf P. Cullet,

At the following link http://www.igme.es/internet/boletin/ultimoNum.htm you will find the special issue of the Boletin Geologico y Minero on the Management of the Guarani Aquifer System, edited by Ricardo Hirata, Geroncio Rocha, Javier Heredia and Francesco Sindico. The special issue features some of the papers presented at the

We are proud to announce that the United Nations Economic and Social Council, at its Substantive Session on 23 July 2012, has decided to renew for another three years the Special Consultative status that AIDA has had with them since 1971. .

This award is an opportunity for early-career scholars and practitioners working in water-related fields to publish a brief article that presents their research, projects, or opinions to a global audience. Participants are required to: • submit an 800-1000 word article relevant to one of three

The topics of this event are: ➢ Self-management in the implementation of water rights ➢ Construction of reservoirs, water markets and energy and irrigation policies ➢ Legal regime and management of groundwater  ➢ Sectoral approaches: water law, mining law, indigenous law and environmental law ➢ New water sources (desalination, artificial

The UN Documentation Center on Water and Sanitation (UNDCWS) is now accessible for members and partners at the following address: http://www.unwaterlibrary.org/ and available in English and Spanish www.bibliotecaonuagua.org. The website is continuously being updated and improved. The UN Water Library website offers two ways to access publications: 1.    You

The overall goal of the GEF International Waters Science Conference is to provide a science-policy interface to address critical issues regarding the status and management of water systems at the global, regional and local level. The conference, which is organized by the United Nations Environment