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Negotiations in the context of International Water-Related Agreements

The paper describes the results of a study to identify, analyse and discuss negotiation processes taking place in the context of international water-related agreements and conventions.An introduction is given to role of legal arrangements in fostering cooperation in transboundary water basins, with emphasis on the economic, environmental and security dimensions of integrated water management. The paper introduces a life-cycle model of negotiating agreements and reviews in this context selected water-related agreements at the global, regional and water-basin level. The role of negotiations is higlighted for the initiation, adoption and implementation phases. Special attention is given to negotiations which led to the agreements have also been analysed and compared. Some key factors and patterne in negotiating international water-related agreements have been identified and analysed. Conclusions and recommendations for practical negotiations and research are presented.

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