Europe - UNEP
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VOLGA*<br />
Total area: 1,554,900 km 2<br />
Area of Basin in Country<br />
Countries km 2 %<br />
Russia 1,551,300 99.77<br />
Kazakhstan 2,200 0.14<br />
Byelarus 1,300 0.08<br />
TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS<br />
Agreement between the government of the republic of Kazakhstan and the government of the Russian<br />
federation concerning the joint use and protection of transboundary waters<br />
Treaty basin: Ishim, Irtysh, Ural, Tobol Date: August 27, 1992<br />
Signatories: Kazakhstan, Russia<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 />
Joint Russian-K<br />
ussian-Kazakhstan azakhstan Commission for Utilization and Protection of Transboundary Waters<br />
Treaty basin: Volga Date: August 27, 1992<br />
Signatories: Kazakhstan, Russia<br />
Source: http://grdc.bafg.de/servlet/is/2503/?lang=en, http://www.oieau.fr/anglais/international/<br />
russia.htm<br />
Irtysh River Basin Sub-Commission, supervised by the Russian and Kazak Commission on the joint use<br />
and conservation of shared waters<br />
An International Basin Information System will be set up and supplemented by the development of a<br />
hydrological model in particular. It will allow the definition and implementation of joint policy and<br />
programs for water resources management in the basin.<br />
Treaty basin: Irtysh Date: May 10, 2000<br />
Signatories: Kazakhstan, Russia, France<br />
Source: http://www.oieau.fr/anglais/oie/news/news8_18_19.pdf<br />
154 — Hydropolitical Vulnerability and Resilience along International Waters: <strong>Europe</strong>