CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL REGULATION OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT

The issues of rational use of water resources occupy the main place in the sphere of sustainable development of both the Central Asian region (CA) and Uzbekistan.

According to the UN Water and Sustainable Development Programme, water resources are a fundamental factor for social, economic and environmental components of sustainable development.

Despite the fact that Central Asia is one of the regions with abundant water resources, experts predict that water scarcity will only increase over the next decades, which makes it necessary to resolve the problem promptly.