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Law No. 14 of 1990, ratifying the Joint Minutes concerning the provisional division of the waters of the Euphrates River.

Pays/Territoire
Iraq
Type du document
Législation
Date
1989
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Source d'origine
Unofficial translation, 2 pp.
Sujet
Eau
Mot clé
Berge Institution de bassin Bassin/captage/bassin versant Eaux continentales Gouvernance
Aire géographique
Moyen-Orient, AFRIQUE DU NORD ET PROCHE-ORIENT, Golfe Persique, Asie occidentale
Bassin
Euphrates
Entry into force notes
The Agreement will be operative from the date of exchange of diplomatic notes notified of ratification in conformity with regulations.
Résumé

Ratification of the Joint Minutes concerning the provisional division of the Euphrates waters between the Republic of Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic. Intensification of the consultation for reaching a bilateral agreement between them to facilitate the fulfilment of their common wish of reaching a trilateral agreement with Turkey. The two Parties, Iraq and Syria, in anticipation of reaching the trilateral agreement with Turkey, agreed on the following: a) the Iraq water share on the border region between Iraq and Syria is 58 percent as a fixed annual total percentage (water year) of the water of the Euphrates River allowed to pass to Syria through the border with Turkey, and the Syrian share of water is the remining amount, 42% of the water of the Euphrates River allowed to pass through the border between Turkey and Syria; b) creation of a joint committee to specify technical and administrative details to ensure the correct implementation of the Agreement.

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