United Nations
A/RES/63/124
General Assembly
Distr.: General
15 January 2009
Sixty-third session
Agenda item 75
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 11 December 2008
[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/63/439)]
63/124. The law of transboundary aquifers
The General Assembly,
Having considered chapter IV of the report of the International Law
Commission on the work of its sixtieth session, 1 which contains the draft articles on
the law of transboundary aquifers,
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Noting that the Commission decided to recommend to the General Assembly
(a) to take note of the draft articles on the law of transboundary aquifers in a
resolution, and to annex the articles to the resolution; (b) to recommend to States
concerned to make appropriate bilateral or regional arrangements for the proper
management of their transboundary aquifers on the basis of the principles
enunciated in the articles; and (c) to also consider, at a later stage, and in view of the
importance of the topic, the elaboration of a convention on the basis of the draft
articles, 2
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Emphasizing the continuing importance of the codification and progressive
development of international law, as referred to in Article 13, paragraph 1 (a), of the
Charter of the United Nations,
Noting that the subject of the law of transboundary aquifers is of major
importance in the relations of States,
Taking note of the comments of Governments and the discussion in the Sixth
Committee at the sixty-third session of the General Assembly on this topic,
1.
Welcomes the conclusion of the work of the International Law
Commission on the law of transboundary aquifers and its adoption of the draft
articles and a detailed commentary on the subject;
Expresses its appreciation to the Commission for its continuing
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contribution to the codification and progressive development of international law;
3.
Also expresses its appreciation to the International Hydrological
Programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/63/10).
Ibid., para. 49.