A/RES/74/193
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
30 December 2019
Seventy-fourth session
Agenda item 85
The law of transboundary aquifers
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 18 December 2019
[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/74/431)]
74/193.
The law of transboundary aquifers
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 63/124 of 11 December 2008, 66/104 of 9 December
2011, 68/118 of 16 December 2013 and 71/150 of 13 December 2016,
Noting the major importance of the subject of the law of transboundary aquifers
in the relations of States and the need for reasonable and proper management of
transboundary aquifers, a vitally important natural resource, through international
cooperation for present and future generations,
Noting also that the provisions of the draft articles on the law of transboundary
aquifers have been taken into account in relevant instruments such as the Guarani
Aquifer Agreement signed by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay on 2 August
2010, and the Model Provisions on Transboundary Groundwaters adopted by the sixth
Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary
Watercourses and International Lakes on 29 November 2012,
Recognizing that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 1 includes a goal
on ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all,
Taking note of the High-level Panel on Water outcome document, 2
Commending the efforts made by the International Hydrological Programme of
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in order for the
Member States to draw more attention to and to deepen understanding of the draft
articles on the law of transboundary aquifers, 3 in particular through organizing a
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19-22401 (E)
Resolution 70/1.
High-level Panel on Water, “Making every drop count: an agenda for water action” (14 March
2018).
Resolution 68/118, annex.
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