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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>

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