Sustainable and integrated water/river basin management – Article 6 of the Carpathian Convention

The Conference of the Parties

1. appreciates the concrete contribution of the Carpathian Wetlands Initiative and the Ramsar Convention Secretariat to the Carpathian Convention process;

2. takes note of information submitted by the State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic as contained in Annex I to UNEP/CC/COP1/6;

3. takes note of the submitted information on the UNDP/GEF project "Establishing Mechanisms for Integrated Land and Water Management in the Tisza River Basin" as contained in Annex II to UNEP/CC/COP1/6;

4. welcomes the fruitful cooperation with ICPDR on sustainable and integrated water/river basin management – Article 6 of the Carpathian Convention;

5. requests the interim Secretariat to continue to coordinate its activities with ICPDR and the Ramsar Convention Secretariat;

6. requests the interim Secretariat to develop and sign a Memorandum of Cooperation with ICPDR, and to submit it to the COP2 for endorsement;

7. requests the Working Group on spatial planning to deal with the issue of sustainable water management in the context of the Carpathian Spatial Development Vision;

8. requests the Working Group on conservation and sustainable use of biological and landscape diversity to address the issue of Carpathian wetlands and Ramsar sites.