The Agreement between the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan on Joint Actions for Addressing the Problems of the Aral Sea and its Coastal Areas, Improving the Environment, and Ensuring the Social and Economic...
The Agreement between the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan on Cooperation in the Field of Joint Management of the Use and Conservation of Water Resources of Interstate Courses (Almaty, 1992).
The Central Asia's water related issues include water allocation controversies, competition between irrigation and hydropower, water quality deterioration, environmental degradation, loss of species and biodiversity, climate change, and etc. Having recognized the need to address these problems...
The UNECE Water Convention is a landmark legal framework for cooperation on transboundary water resources, extending to both surface water and groundwater. The Convention entered into force in 1996 and was ratified by 36 UNECE countries and the European Community. It takes a holistic approach...
This paper gives an overview of the Afghan legal system. In the Afghan context, analysing the legal system means to focus on three different pillars: customary law, statutory law and Islamic law. One therefore speaks of “legal pluralism”. However, this topic is a very complex one and therefore...
This report provides country specific as well as comparable data of Afghanistan and five Central Asian countries on economy, employment, demography, gender, transport.
This paper gives an overview on ongoing and planned irrigation projects in Northern Afghanistan and their impact on Amu Darya water availability. The authors conclude that under ambitious scenarios of irrigation development, water withdrawal in 2020 will most likely increase to 6,000 million...
The problems of the use of water resources in Central Asia are investigated by considering the sovereignty of the states and the increasing demand for water for economic development. A complex program is proposed and presented, with appropriate mathematical software, intended to aid in the...
This publication presents the Swiss portfolio of water sector projects and programmes, approach and basic principles of activities, objectives, geographical focus, and information on cooperation with other donors.
