1. The global: the 1997-UN-Watercourses-Convention (the framework (the 33-4-3-adoption (the entry-2014 (the parties'-slow-growth (the Nepal's-position: the not-a-party (the honest-record (the "the-not-ratified" position)))))); the 1992-UNECE (the regional-turned-open (the water-and-
health (the parties'-global-now)); the 2004-Berlin (the ILA's (the "the-Helsinki-updated" (the eco's-shift (the soft's-power)))); the Water-Convention-and-the-climate's (the UNFCCC's- interface (the LAW5603-U's));
2. The basin-treaties': the Indus-1960 (the World-Bank's-brokered (the "the-division" (the Permanent-Commission's))); the Ganges-1996 (the India-Bangladesh (the Farakka's (the 30- years'-renewal (the dry-season's-formula))); the Mekong-1995 (the "the-mainstream-only" (the data's-joint (the dialogue's))); the Nile's-and-the Jordan's (the cooperation's-hard-cases);
3. The mechanisms': the joint-committees' (the bilateral's (the India-Nepal's (the "the-team-of- experts"-type (the Kosi's-and-the-Gandak's))); the commissions' (the Rhine's (the Danube's (the monitoring's-and-the-binding's))); the dispute's (the ICJ's (the PCA's (the fact-finding's (the 1997's-compulsory-consultation (the "the-not-arbitration" (the compromise's))))));