Convention Establishing the Senegal River Development Organization Tipo de documento Multilateral Campo de aplicación Regional/restringido Fecha Mar 11, 1972 Fuente IUCN (ID: TRE-000518) Título (Francés) Convention portant création de l'Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal (OMVS) Título (Otro) Übereinkommen über die Errichtung der Organisation zur Entwicklung des Senegal-Flusses (OMVS) Lugar de adopción Nouakchott Depositario Mauritania Idioma Francés Materia Agua Área geográphica Sahel, Africa, Atlántico Norte, Africa Occidental Cuenca Senegal Resumen Objectives: To promote cooperation among the riparian States of the Senegal river in the management and development of its resources. Summary of provisions: (a) Projects for agricultural or industrial exploitation likely to modify the characteristics of the river appreciably to be implemented only with prior approval of the contracting States (art. 4); (b) Joint programme of work for the coordinated development and rational exploitation of water resources to be defined by the Organization (art. 8); (c) Joint projects to be carried out by management agencies (art. 15), and coordinated by the Office of the High Commissioner (arts. 19 and 20); (d) The organization to be governed by a Council of Ministers, assisted by a Standing Commission to define principles and procedures for sharing the waters of the river, and an advisory Inter-State Committee for Research and Agricultural Development. (Source: UNEP Register of International Treaties and Other Agreements in the Field of the Environment, 2005) Texto completo Francés Página web www.portail-omvs.org País/Territorio/Participante Vista ampliada Mostrar el mapa Países Entrada en vigor Fecha de firma simple Malí - Mar 11, 1972 Mauritania - Mar 11, 1972 Senegal - Mar 11, 1972 reset zoom out zoom in