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Senegalo-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin

October 4, 2021
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In news- Ministers of the Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal signed a joint declaration recently to advance transboundary cooperation in the Senegal-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin (SMAB).

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  • The four West African countries have, through the declaration, agreed to establish a legal and institutional framework for cooperation on SMAB.
  • It is in line with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Water Convention.
  • The SMAB is the largest basin in the Atlantic margin of north-west Africa, having an area of 350,000 square kilometres.
  • More than 24 million inhabitants of the region are dependent on it for drinking water and other needs.
  • Some 80 per cent of the populations of the four countries that have signed the declaration, depend on the SMAB.

  • In the 9th session of the Meeting of Parties (MOP9) to the UNECE Water Convention, the declaration was signed.
  • Senegal, upon accession to the UNECE Water Convention in 2018, had requested for such a declaration.

About UNECE-

  • The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE or UNECE) is one of the five regional commissions under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. 
  • It was established in order to promote economic cooperation and integrations among its member States.
  • It was formed on 28 March 1947.
  • It is Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • The commission is composed of 56 member States, most of which are based in Europe, as well as a few outside of Europe. 
  • Its transcontinental Eurasian and non-European member States include: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Canada, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the USA and Uzbekistan.

About Water Convention-

  • The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes  (Water Convention) is a unique international legal instrument and intergovernmental platform which aims to ensure the sustainable use of transboundary water resources by facilitating cooperation.
  • Initially negotiated as a regional instrument, it has been opened up for accession to all UN Member States in 2016.
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