“In the shared catchment basins, programme activities will be carried out in four multinational catchment basins in five of the seven countries comprising the Central American isthmus;

The functions of the Catchment Basin Commission with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela are as follows:

“The idea is to promote the development of transboundary areas and shared catchment basins ;

“Support will also be provided for the establishment and operation of shared catchment basin authorities.”

Catchment basin management will take into account, inter alia, the following principles and guidelines:

“Encouraging the establishment of a common policy framework for work in shared catchment basins and border areas;

(d) Article 28 (i) establishes that the management of catchment basins is the responsibility of the Executive Branch;

(g) To consider threats to the catchment basin, its vulnerability and environmental risks which might affect its management;

We therefore favour the development of an integrated approach to coastal zone management and to the catchment basin as a whole that takes into account the ecosystems concerned.

(c) In the utilization of water resources, human consumption will be given priority over all other uses and must be taken into account in managing the catchment basin;