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Abbreviations and Accronyms

ADB Asian Development Bank
AIIB Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
COP Conference of the Parties
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ESCWA United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
ESG Environmental, Social and Governance Principles
ENMOD Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
EU European Union
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
IFC International Finance Corporation
IW International Waters Program of the Global Environment Facility
GEF Global Environment Facility
GEMS Global Environment Monitoring System
GHSF Global Hydrometry Support Facility
GIF Global Infrastructure Facility
GIS Geographical Information Systems
GOWP Global Observatory for Water and Peace
GWH Geneva Water Hub
ICC International Criminal Court
ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICESCR International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
ICMM International Council of Mining and Metals
ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross
IHL International Humanitarian Law
ILC International Law Commission
iMOMO Innovative Monitoring and Modelling
IOWater International Office for Water
IWRM Integrated Water Resources Management
LMCM Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Mechanism
MDB Multilateral Development Bank
MRC Mekong River Commission
OIC Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
OMVS Senegal River Basin Development Organization (Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Senegal)
PBC Peacebuilding Commission
PPP Public-Private Partnership
SADC Southern Africa Development Community
SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquistions
SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
SDGs Sustainable Development Goals
SFG Strategic Foresight Group
TWAP Transboundary Water Assessment Programme
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
UNSC United Nations Security Council
UNSGAB UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation
UN-Water United Nations Water
VCP Voluntary Code of Practice
WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
WEF World Economic Forum
WHO World Health Organization
WINS Water Information Network System
WMO World Meteorological Organization
1992 UNECE Water Convention
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes
1997 UN Watercourses Convention
UN Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses

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