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Researcher: 
Mitchell
Data entry notes: 
Exact entry into force date is unverified.
Treaty Name and Text
Agreement Name: 
Convention Relating To The Status Of The River Gambia
Possible Sources (additional): 
FAO LEGISLATIVE STUDY - 61, #9; UN Natural Resources/Water Series No. 13 (ST/ESA/141, 1984), p. 39; http://mgd.nacse.org/cgi-bin/qml2.0/watertreaty/intl_treaties.qml?qml_screen=full&TN=136
Signature/Entry into Force/Termination
Date IEA was signed: 
1978-06-30
Signature Year: 
1978
Place IEA was signed: 
Kaolack
Date IEA entered into force: 
1978-06-30
Treaty Type
Membership eligibility (multilateral, bilateral, etc): 
Agreement Type Level 3: 
E (environment) Code (agreement is environmental or not): 
Environmental
Source for E (environmental) code: 
Preamble: Considering that the co-ordinated development of the Gambia River for the rational exploitation of its natural resources offers prospects for fruitful economic co-operation; Considering the agreement of the member States to proceed through stages of regulation to the general development of the Gambia River and to the utilization of its water with the triple objective mainly of developing energy production, irrigation and navigation.
Text used for E (environmental) coding: 
Preamble: Considering that the co-ordinated development of the Gambia River for the rational exploitation of its natural resources offers prospects for fruitful economic co-operation; Considering the agreement of the member States to proceed through stages of regulation to the general development of the Gambia River and to the utilization of its water with the triple objective mainly of developing energy production, irrigation and navigation.
Words used to code as Environmental: 
water/energy/gambia river/irrigat/natural resources/navigat/rational exploitation/river/utilization of its water
Lineage
Lineage: 
Gambia River
Sequence in lineage: 
100.000
Secretariat and auspices
Legacy
Hidden fields
Version: 
2007.10
Inclusion Auto-Generated: 
MEA - Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Subject: 
Energy/FreshwaterResources/Nature/Transport
Category: 
ENV