Europe - UNEP
Europe - UNEP
Europe - UNEP
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DNIEPER<br />
Total area: 516,300 km 2<br />
Area of Basin in Country<br />
Countries km 2 %<br />
Ukraine 299,300 57.97<br />
Byelarus 124,900 24.19<br />
Russia 92,100 17.83<br />
TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS<br />
Agreement between the government of the Russian federation and the government of Ukraine<br />
concerning the joint use and protection of transboundary waters<br />
Treaty basin: Desna, Seim, Seversky, Donets Date: October 19, 1992<br />
Signatories: Russia, Ukraine<br />
Agreement between Belarus and Ukraine on the Common Use and Protection of Transboundary<br />
Waters<br />
Treaty basin: Dnieper, Vistula/Wista Date: October 16, 2001<br />
Signatories: Belarus, Ukraine<br />
Agreement between Belarus and Russia on Cooperation in the Field of Protection and Rational<br />
Utilisation of Transboundary Waters<br />
Treaty basin: Daugava, Dnieper, Narva, Neman, Volga Date: May 24, 2002<br />
Signatories: Belarus, Russia<br />
RIVER BASIN ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS<br />
International Dnieper Basin Council<br />
The Council is consultative in nature and functions as a coordinating body to ensure effective international<br />
cooperation focused on the environmental rehabilitation of the Dnieper basin. It plays an active<br />
role in the development and implementation of both the regional Strategic Action Plan as well as the<br />
three countries’ National Action Plans.<br />
Treaty basin: Dnieper Date: 2003<br />
Signatories: Belarus, Russia and Ukraine<br />
Source: http://www.grid.unep.ch/product/publication/freshwater_europe/dniepr.php<br />
106 — Hydropolitical Vulnerability and Resilience along International Waters: <strong>Europe</strong>