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Show -142- XI. Should the foregoing rules be amended or completed by reference to equity, and, if so, what factors should be taken into account? XII. I-f it is considered that all or any of the aforesaid r* "les are not rules in positive law, is it agreed that they should be proposed de jure condendo? XIII. In the event of a conflict of incompatible interests, can an order of priority be established among the various methods of use? What order, if any, is considered appropriate? XIV. Should the draft resolution embody in terms a recommendation to the States concerned to come to an agreement for the fuller concerted use of the waters naturally available to them and to contemplate the joint development of whole systems or parts of systems, if that seems likely to enable them to be better used? (2) The International Law Association This Association at its thirty-ninth Conference in Edenburgh in established a committee, under the Chairmanship of Professor Clyde Eagleton of the United States, to propose a statement of principles upon which could be formulated rules of international law concerning systems of international waters. At its next Conference at Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, in 1956 the Association had before it a first report of the committee which had been circulated among the members, and a second report which was read at the Conference. In addition there were placed before the Conference the written comments of several members of tie Association. The Conference also had before it a dissenting report by a member of the committee, Mr. S. M. Sikri, Advocate-General of the Punjab.1 Mr. Sikri*s report adopted the view that a riparian of a system of international waters is under no legal obligation to its co-riparians with respect to waters of the system while in its territory. This view was rejected by unanimous vote. The Conference adopted a resolution calling for enlargement of the committee, the continuation of its study, and a further report to be 1. Members of the Association among which is included the author of this study, hold their membership as, and act only in, their individual capacity as lawyers, but many of the members are governmental officials. |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : |