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PROTOCOL
ON SHARED
WATERCOURSE SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
(SADC) REGION
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PREAMBLE
The
Republic of Angola, the Republic of Botswana, the Kingdom of
Lesotho, the Republic of
Malawi, the Republic of Mozambique, the Republic of Namibia,
the Republic of South Africa,
the
Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the
Republic of Zambia and the Republic
of Zimbabwe;
BEARING
in mind the Helsinki Rules on uses of the waters of
International Rivers and the work of the International Law
Commission on the non‑navigational uses of international
watercourses;
RECOGNISING
the relevant provisions of Agenda 21 of the United Nations
Conference on Environment
and Development, the concepts of environmentally sound
management, sustainable development and equitable utilisation
of shared watercourse systems in the SADC Region;
CONSIDERING
the existing and emerging socio economic development
programmes in the SADC region and their impact on the
environment;
DESIROUS
of developing close cooperation for judicious and coordinated
utilisation of the resources
of the shared watercourse systems in the SADC region;
CONVINCED
of the need for coordinated and environmentally sound
development of the resources of shared watercourse systems in
the SADC region in order to support sustainable socio economic
development;
RECOGNISING
that there are as yet no regional conventions regulating
common utilisation and management of the resources of shared
watercourse systems in the SADC region;
MINDFUL
of the existence of other Agreements in the SADC region
regarding the Common utilisation of
certain watercourses; and
in
accordance
with Article 22 of the Treaty establishing SADC, have agreed
as follows:
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