Mekong River Commission

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intergovernmental organization international commission river basin organization

The Mekong River Commission is an intergovernmental body of Mekong basin countries that coordinates sustainable development, management, and cooperation over the shared water resources of the Mekong River.

Aliases (2)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization → international commission → river basin organization →
appliesToJurisdiction	Lower Mekong Basin →
coordinatesWith	Association of Southeast Asian Nations → United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific →
country	Cambodia → Lao People’s Democratic Republic → Thailand → Viet Nam →
executiveBody	MRC Secretariat →
fieldOfWork	basin development planning → climate change adaptation → drought management → environmental monitoring → fisheries management → flood management → hydropower planning → river basin planning → water resources management →
founded	1995 →
foundedByTreaty	Agreement on the Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River Basin →
governingBody	MRC Council → MRC Joint Committee →
hasChair	rotating among member countries →
hasDialoguePartner	China NERFINISHED → Myanmar →
hasMemberState	Cambodia → Lao People’s Democratic Republic → Thailand → Viet Nam →
hasMotto	For Sustainable Development →
hasSecretariatOffice	Phnom Penh → Vientiane →
headquartersLocation	Lao People’s Democratic Republic → Vientiane →
inception	1995 →
legalStatus	intergovernmental treaty-based organization →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Mekong River Basin →
name	Mekong River Commission →
officialLanguage	English →
officialWebsite	https://www.mrcmekong.org →
purpose	cooperative management of shared water resources → promotion of regional cooperation among Mekong countries → sustainable development of the Mekong River Basin →
regionServed	Southeast Asia →
replaced	Mekong Committee →
riverManaged	Mekong River →
shortName	MRC →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mekong River Commission ("Agreement on the Cooperation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River Basin") →	foundedByTreaty
Mekong River →	hasOrganization
Mekong River Commission →	name
Mekong River Commission ("Mekong Committee") →	replaced