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West Asia
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Assessments
 UN ESCWA
THE
ENVIRONMENT IN THE TRANSBOUNDARY CONTEXT IN THE ESCWA REGION: SITUATION
AND RECOMMENDATIONS
E/ESCWA/SDPD/2005/5. 2001
This study focuses on the current state of shared resources and the problems
confronting them. While water ?has dominated the geopolitics of the ESCWA
region for centuries, and its management has been the focus of ?regional
efforts, most international bodies of water in the ESCWA region are not
regulated by ?comprehensive international agreements. However, several piecemeal
agreements do exist, and these have ?applied the principles of international
law to water-sharing principles of cooperation, inclusive participation
?and mutual gain. The cross-national implications of water scarcity across
the region are increasingly ?aggravated by the over-exploitation of water
resources—and their pollution. Meanwhile, there are mounting ?challenges
confronting the coastal and marine environments. These include dumping at
sea, unsustainable ?fishing practices, pollution from oil spillages and
discharges of land-based effluents, as well as habitat ?destruction caused
by land-filling, reclamation and dredging. |
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ASSESSMENT
OF LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE MANAGEMENT OF SHARED WATER RESOURCES IN THE ESCWA
REGION
E/ESCWA/ENR/2001/3. 142p.
The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia has undertaken several
activities to enhance the capacity of its member States to manage their
shared surface and groundwater resources and strengthen their cooperation
to achieve sustainable development and utilization of these resources. |
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WORLD
SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR THE ESCWA REGION
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E/ESCWA/ENR/2002/19.
The report aims to review past achievements and future challenges in moving
towards sustainable development in the ESCWA region. It concludes with
a platform of priorities for action and means of implementation for achieving
progress towards sustainable development over the coming years. |
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UNEP
Energy
Efficiency for industry in Asia 
UNEP, 2006.
ISBN: 92-807-2647-1
With its unprecedented rate of industrial growth, Asia is the main contributor
to a growing global energy demand. By consequence, the region is also bearing
the brunt of resulting negative economic, social and environmental impacts
such as increased air and water pollution, waste disposal, floods, and climate
change. |
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Assessment
of Environmental “Hot Spots” in Iraq
UNEP, 2005.
ISBN 92-807-2650-1
The report points out that the country “has a significant legacy
of contaminated and derelict industrial and military sites”. . |
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DESK
STUDY ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN IRAQ
UNEP, 2003.
The report by the United Nations Environment Programme on environmental
conditions in Iraq offers a preliminary assessment of the main environmental
threats facing the country and recommends actions for immediate relief
and long-term recovery. |
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DESK
STUDY ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
UNEP, 2003.
The report, Desk Study on the Environment in the Occupied Palestinian
Territories, was requested from UNEP by Governments who attended the Seventh
Special Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment
Forum, which took place in Cartagena, Columbia, in February 2002. |
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