Non-renewable groundwater resources: a ... - unesdoc - Unesco

AppendicesAppendix 1: Resolution XII-8RESOLUTION XII-8(adopted by the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programmeof UNESCO at its 12th session, Paris 23-28 September 1996)‘Study of Fossil Groundwater in Sub-Saharan and Saharan Africa’The Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological ProgrammeRecallingNotingWelcomingAwareInvitesUrgesthe high priority that the Director-General of UNESCO accords to the developmentof Africa;with great interest the particular importance that IHP-V ascribes to integratedwater resources management in arid and semi-arid zones and to the study of thepollution and protection of groundwater;the fruitful cooperation that exists between UNESCO and the Sahara and SahelObservatory (OSS) in promoting consultation and coordination among countriessharing immense natural sedimentary basins containing aquifers that are renewableto a greater or lesser degree;of the degree of tension between water resources and anarchical forms of utilizationin sub-Saharan and Saharan African countries which share the same fossil groundwaterowing to their susceptibility to drought;the Director-General of UNESCO to allocate funds to undertake and update hydrogeologicalstudies during IHP-V with a view to improving knowledge about fossilaquifers of sub-Saharan and Saharan Africa;Member States to provide financial and technical support to this programme.97