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The Turkmen Lake Altyn Asyr and Water Resources in Turkmenistan pp 291–310Cite as

International Cooperation of Turkmenistan in the Water Sector

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The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of cooperation of Turkmenistan with neighboring countries, donor countries, as well as international organizations, including financial institutions. Its core is an analysis of the major drivers of cooperation and an overview about the different types of interactions and relations between Turkmenistan and its international partners. This is not an attempt to evaluate the quality or quantity of Turkmen initiatives or actions and no recommendation was produced. This is an effort to systematize information that is available to the public and to reflect on the experience of the author working in the country and region on water issues.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Quoted from his briefing to the Security Council of April 15, 2010, on the Secretary General’s visit to Central Asia.

  2. 2.

    See article 9. On November 26, 2006, the framework convention was signed only by Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.

  3. 3.

    See its program of actions for 2009–2011 and, most recently, for 2012–2014.

  4. 4.

    This must be at the national scale. I am not aware of exactly how the projection was calculated.

  5. 5.

    According to simple calculations of the author based on data produced by the Joint Company “Amu Darya” and published on the web portal CAWATERinfo. The total mean annual flow of all rivers in the Amu Darya basin is assumed to be constant and estimated at around 74.22 km3 (without the Zeravshan).

  6. 6.

    Based on the same data as above. UNECE reports that the 1997 figures are actual water uses, while the 2010 figures are prospective water requirements [20].

  7. 7.

    Calculation of the author based on data published by the IFAS Executive Committee.

  8. 8.

    See the letter dated May 7, 2007, from the Secretary General to the President of the Security Council (S/2007/279).

  9. 9.

    The 1997 New York Convention, which was developed by the International Law Commission of the UN General Assembly and was supposed to be the global convention, has not managed to enter into force yet because of some controversial provisions.

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Church, J.M. (2012). International Cooperation of Turkmenistan in the Water Sector. In: Zonn, I., Kostianoy, A. (eds) The Turkmen Lake Altyn Asyr and Water Resources in Turkmenistan. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 28. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2012_173

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