GK
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
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Detailed explanation-1: -Transboundary waters account for 60 per cent of the world’s freshwater flows. 153 countries have territory within at least one of the 286 transboundary river and lake basins and 592 transboundary aquifer systems.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) is a unique international legal instrument and intergovernmental platform which aims to ensure the sustainable use of transboundary water resources by facilitating cooperation.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Water Convention. The UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (the Water Convention) promotes cooperation on transboundary surface and ground waters and strengthens their protection and sustainable management.