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Mekong Water Utilisation Programme Ends, Shows Results

Even as the long-running Water Utilisation Programme of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) closed, the member countries and MRC Secretariat pledged to build further on its results in establishing integrated water resource management.
 

 
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PRLog (Press Release)Jun 16, 2008 – Even as the long-running Water Utilisation Programme of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) was formally declared closed, the member countries and Secretariat of the MRC pledged to build further on its results in establishing integrated water resource management in the Lower Mekong Basin.

The Water Utilisation Programme, one of the core pillars of MRC work since 2000, enabled the four countries to draft and agree on procedures for dealing with information exchange, water use and quality monitoring, and flow maintenance for the Mekong River. It thereby laid the foundation for technical cooperation between the MRC member states of Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam on the joint use of the Mekong waters. In addition, the programme created procedures for notification, consultation and agreement on projects affecting the river and its tributaries, and also established a ‘Decision Support Framework’ which enables the governments of the countries to make decisions informed by accurate scientific and socio-economic data.

Declaring the programme closed after a day of discussions on its successes, shortcomings and legacy, MRC Secretariat Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Bird said that the true worth of its main achievements will become more obvious in the years to come, “as they are repeatedly used in managing the resources of the Mekong Basin in a peaceful, cooperative and sustainable manner”.

Bird told the assembled audience of government technicians and planners from the four countries, plus development partners and journalists, that the Water Utilisation Programme had some unfinished business, and that the MRC would continue to pursue its goals of integrated water resource management through new and existing projects, notably through its Basin Development Plan and Information and Knowledge Management Programme.

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The Mekong River Commission is an intergovernmental organisation created in 1995 by an agreement between the governments of Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam to promote cooperation for the sustainable development of the water and related resources of the Mekong River Basin.

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Issued By:Mekong River Commission Secretariat
Website:http://www.mrcmekong.org
Email:Click to contact author
Phone:(856 21) 263263 ext. 4703
Fax:(856 21) 263264
Address:P.O. Box 6101, 184 Fa Ngoum Road,
:Vientiane
Country:Lao PDR
Categories:Environment, Research, Science
Tags:Water Utilisation Programme, Mekong River Commission, Decision Support Framework, Integrated Water Resource Management

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