International organizations involved with hydrology and water resources

General

This contribution provides an overview of the involvement of international organizations (governmental and non-governmental) in the field of water resources and of the various arrangements for system-wide and sectoral coordination and cooperation at the regional and global levels. It was prepared on the basis of information provided by the Secretariat of the Intersecretariat Group for Water Resources (ISGWR) of the UN Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC) (United Nations 1982, 1992a).

Intergovernmental organizations (IGO)

These are organizations, established by agreements, to which two or more States are party. Such organizations may be global or regional. A number of these organizations are active in some form in the field of water resources. Table I2 lists those United Nations organizations and specialized agencies active on a global level, while Table I3provides information about the regional organizations of the United Nations and of other regional organizations....