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Paragraphs in "Protocol On Water And Health To The Convention On The Protection And Use Of Transboundary Watercourses And International Lakes" coded as INFO

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Art.5.1x.h (h) Efficient use of water should be promoted through economic instruments and awareness-building;
Art.5.1x.i (i) Access to information and public participation in decision-making concerning water and health are needed, inter alia, in order to enhance the quality and the implementation of the decisions, to build public awareness of issues, to give the public the opportunity to express its concerns and to enable public authorities to take due account of such concerns. Such access and participation should be supplemented by appropriate access to judicial and administrative review of relevant decisions;
Art.6.2 2. For these purposes, the Parties shall each establish and publish national and/ or local targets for the standards and levels of performance that need to be achieved or maintained for a high level of protection against water-related disease. These targets shall be periodically revised. In doing all this, they shall make appropriate practical and/ or other provisions for public participation, within a transparent and fair framework, and shall ensure that due account is taken of the outcome of the public participation. Except where national or local circumstances make them irrelevant for preventing, controlling and reducing water-related disease, the targets shall cover, inter alia:
Art.6.2.a (a) The quality of the drinking water supplied, taking into account the Guidelines for drinking-water quality of the World Health Organization;
Art.6.2.b (b) The reduction of the scale of outbreaks and incidents of water-related disease;
Art.6.2.c (c) The area of territory, or the population sizes or proportions, which should be served by collective systems for the supply of drinking water or where the supply of drinking water by other means should be improved;
Art.6.2.d (d) The area of territory, or the population sizes or proportions, which should be served by collective systems of sanitation or where sanitation by other means should be improved;
Art.6.2.e (e) The levels of performance to be achieved by such collective systems and by such other means of water supply and sanitation respectively;
Art.6.2.f (f) The application of recognized good practice to the management of water supply and sanitation, including the protection of waters used as sources for drinking water;
Art.6.2.g (g) The occurrence of discharges of:
Art.6.2.g.i (i) Untreated waste water; and
Art.6.2.g.ii (ii) Untreated storm water overflows from waste-water collection systems to waters within the scope of this Protocol;
Art.6.2.h (h) The quality of discharges of waste water from waste-water treatment installations to waters within the scope of this Protocol;
Art.6.2.i (i) The disposal or reuse of sewage sludge from collective systems of sanitation or other sanitation installations and the quality of waste water used for irrigation purposes, taking into account the Guidelines for the safe use of waste water and excreta in agriculture and aquaculture of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme;
Art.6.2.j (j) The quality of waters which are used as sources for drinking water, which are generally used for bathing or which are used for aquaculture or for the production or harvesting of shellfish;
Art.6.2.k (k) The application of recognized good practice to the management of enclosed waters generally available for bathing;
Art.6.2.l (l) The identification and remediation of particularly contaminated sites which adversely affect waters within the scope of this Protocol or are likely to do so and which thus threaten to give rise to water-related disease;
Art.6.2.m (m) The effectiveness of systems for the management, development, protection and use of water resources, including the application of recognized good practice to the control of pollution from sources of all kinds;
Art.6.2.n (n) The frequency of the publication of information on the quality of the drinking water supplied and of other waters relevant to the targets in this paragraph in the intervals between the publication of information under article 7, paragraph 2.
Art.6.3 3. Within two years of becoming a Party, each Party shall establish and publish targets referred to in paragraph 2 of this article, and target dates for achieving them.
Art.6.5.b (b) Develop water-management plans in transboundary, national and/ or local contexts, preferably on the basis of catchment areas or groundwater aquifers. In doing so, they shall make appropriate practical and/ or other provisions for public participation, within a transparent and fair framework, and shall ensure that due account is taken of the outcome of the public participation. Such plans may be incorporated in other relevant plans, programmes or documents which are being drawn up for other purposes, provided that they enable the public to see clearly the proposals for achieving the targets referred to in this article and the respective target dates;
Art.7.2 2. The Parties shall each publish periodically the results of this collection and evaluation of data. The frequency of such publication shall be established by the Meeting of the Parties.
Art.7.3 3. The Parties shall each ensure that the results of water and effluent sampling carried out for the purpose of this collection of data are available to the public.
Art.7.4 4. On the basis of this collection and evaluation of data, each Party shall review periodically the progress made in achieving the targets referred to in article 6, paragraph 2, and publish an assessment of that progress. The frequency of such reviews shall be established by the Meeting of the Parties. Without prejudice to the possibility of more frequent reviews under article 6, paragraph 2, reviews under this paragraph shall include a review of the targets referred to in article 6, paragraph 2, with a view to improving the targets in the light of scientific and technical knowledge.
Art.7.5 5. Each Party shall provide to the secretariat referred to in article 17, for circulation to the other Parties, a summary report of the data collected and evaluated and the assessment of the progress achieved. Such reports shall be in accordance with guidelines established by the Meeting of the Parties. These guidelines shall provide that the Parties can use for this purpose reports covering the relevant information produced for other international forums.
Art.8.1.a.ii (ii) Give prompt and clear notification to the relevant public authorities about such outbreaks, incidents or threats;
Art.8.1.a.iii (iii) In the event of any imminent threat to public health from water-related disease, disseminate to members of the public who may be affected all information that is held by a public authority and that could help the public to prevent or mitigate harm;
Art.8.1.a.iv (iv) Make recommendations to the relevant public authorities and, where appropriate, to the public about preventive and remedial actions;
Art.9.1 1. The Parties shall take steps designed to enhance the awareness of all sectors of the public regarding:
Art.9.1.a (a) The importance of, and the relationship between, water management and public health;
Art.9.1.b (b) The rights and entitlements to water and corresponding obligations under private and public law of natural and legal persons and institutions, whether in the public sector or the private sector, as well as their moral obligations to contribute to the protection of the water environment and the conservation of water resources.
Art.9.2.a (a) Understanding of the public-health aspects of their work by those responsible for water management, water supply and sanitation; and
Art.9.2.b (b) Understanding of the basic principles of water management, water supply and sanitation by those responsible for public health.
Art.9.3 3. The Parties shall encourage the education and training of the professional and technical staff who are needed for managing water resources and for operating systems of water supply and sanitation, and encourage the updating and improvement of their knowledge and skills. This education and training shall include relevant aspects of public health.
Art.9.4.b (b) Development of integrated information systems to handle information about long-term trends, current concerns and past problems and successful solutions to them in the field of water and health, and provision of such information to competent authorities.
Art.10.1 1. As a complement to the requirements of this Protocol for Parties to publish specific information or documents, each Party shall take steps within the framework of its legislation to make available to the public such information as is held by public authorities and is reasonably needed to inform public discussion of:
Art.10.1.a (a) The establishment of targets and of target dates for their achievement and the development of water-management plans in accordance with article 6;
Art.10.1.b (b) The establishment, improvement or maintenance of surveillance and early-warning systems and contingency plans in accordance with article 8;
Art.10.1.c (c) The promotion of public awareness, education, training, research, development and information in accordance with article 9.
Art.10.2 2. Each Party shall ensure that public authorities, in response to a request for other information relevant to the implementation of this Protocol, make such information available within a reasonable time to the public, within the framework of national legislation.
Art.10.3 3. The Parties shall ensure that information referred to in article 7, paragraph 4, and paragraph 1 of this article shall be available to the public at all reasonable times for inspection free of charge, and shall provide members of the public with reasonable facilities for obtaining from the Parties, on payment of reasonable charges, copies of such information.
Art.13.1.a (a) Exchange information and share knowledge about the transboundary waters and the problems and risks which they present with the other Parties bordering the same waters;
Art.14.1x.f (f) Education and training of key professional and technical staff;
Art.14.1x.h (h) Operation of effective networks to monitor and assess the provision and quality of water-related services, and development of integrated information systems and databases;
Art.16.3.b (b) Evaluate progress in implementing this Protocol on the basis of information provided by the Parties in accordance with guidelines established by the Meeting of the Parties. Such guidelines shall avoid duplication of effort in reporting requirements;
Art.16.3.d (d) Exchange information with the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention, and consider the possibilities for joint action with it;
Art.16.3.g (g) Consider the need for further provisions on access to information, public participation in decision-making and public access to judicial and administrative review of decisions within the scope of this Protocol, in the light of experience gained on these matters in other international forums;
Art.17.1.b (b) The transmission to the Parties of reports and other information received in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol;