The Mekong River Commission on Thursday launched consultation meeting for the regional Mekong Hydropower Program platform here on Thursday, aiming to shape a way for the river's future hydropower development which is shared by Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and China.
The MRC was formed on April 5, 1995 by an agreement between the governments of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. The four countries signed The Agreement on the Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River Basin and agreed on joint management of their shared water resources and development of the economic potential of the river.
The MRC has been built on a foundation of nearly 50 years of knowledge and experience in the region starting from 1957 when it began life as the Mekong Committee which was founded by the United Nations .
In 1996, China and Myanmar became Dialogue Partners of the MRC and the countries now work together within a cooperation framework.
The MRC is an international, country-driven river basin organization that provides the institutional framework to promote regional cooperation in order to implement the 1995 Agreement. The MRC serves its member states by supporting decisions and promoting action on sustainable development and poverty alleviation as a contribution to the UN Millennium Development Goals.
The MRC supports the Mekong Program, a Regional Cooperation Program for the Sustainable Development of Water and Related Resources in the Mekong Basin owned by its member countries.
The four goals of the organization for 2006-2010 are to promote and support coordinated, sustainable, and pro-poor development; to enhance effective regional cooperation; to strengthen basin-wide environmental monitoring and impact assessment; to strengthen the Integrated Water Resources Management capacity and knowledge base of the MRC bodies, National Mekong Committees, Line Agencies, and other stakeholders.
Source:Xinhua
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