Treaty of the River Plata Basin
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| Date: | 1969/04/23 |
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| Agreement Type: | "trans- national" is not in the list of possible values (binding, non-binding, public-private partnership, trans-national, national, sub-national, local, law, agreement, charter, policy, treaty) for this property. |
The 1969 La Plata River Basin Treaty, the umbrella treaty and first to which all of the riparians are signatories, provides a framework for joint management, development and preservation of the basin. Subsequent multilateral and bilateral treaties outline the specifics of economic investment, hydro-electric development and transportation enhancement.
External Links
- Treaty of the River Plata Basin — International Freshwater Treaties Database. A searchable database of summaries and/or the full text of more than 400 international, freshwater-related agreements, covering the years 1820 to 2007. Documents are coded by the basin and countries involved, date signed, treaty topic, allocation measures, conflict resolution mechanisms, and non-water linkages. Both English and non-English language agreements are included. Where available, translations to English of non-English language documents are provided.
