In May, 1997, the United Nations General Assemblyadopted the Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses, a treatythat largely codifies the general principles ofinternational water law. While not entirely free fromcontroversy, the Convention has already been influentialand will doubtless continue to be well into the 21stcentury. This paper provides an overview of theConvention, comments on some of its salient provisions,and considers its future influence
