Agreement between the governments of the Republic of Angola, the Republic of Botswana, and the Republic of Namibia on the establishment of a permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM)

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About Agreement between the governments of the Republic of Angola, the Republic of Botswana, and the Republic of Namibia on the establishment of a permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM)

Signed: 1994/09/16

Agreement Type: agreement, trans-national

Included in Agreement
Riparians - Angola, Namibia, Botswana
Water Resources - Okavango Basin

All Facts about Agreement between the governments of the Republic of Angola, the Republic of Botswana, and the Republic of Namibia on the establishment of a permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM)


This document, signed in Windhoek, represents a primary agreement between the included parties.[1] The primary issue covered by this document is water quantity.[1]

Comments on this agreement from the TFDD International Freshwater Treaties Database include:This treaty sets up a commission to forecast water demand, safe yield of the basin, and the criteria to be used in allocation, conservation, and utilization of the water resources of the Okavango basin.[1]and regarding allocations: Provisions for short-term alleviation of water shortages (Art. 4.6).[1]

Case Studies Related to this Agreement

Articles linked to this Agreement

Riparians Water Features

Agreement includes riparian- Angola, Namibia, Botswana

Includes Water Resource- Okavango Basin


Projects and Initiatives Agreements and Treaties


Associated organizational projects- Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM)






External Links

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Agreement between the governments of the Republic of Angola, the Republic of Botswana, and the Republic of Namibia on the establishment of a permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) entry in the Transboundary Freshwater Agreements Database, a Product of the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database. Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University. Additional information about the TFDD can be found at: <http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu>. Entry accessed online August 30 2014 at: http://ocid.nacse.org/tfdd/treaties.php?page=full&origin=river&tn=536



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