text: that “The purpose of the Parties is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the waters of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem,” J.6% (7) A numbur of early agreements had as their object the protection of fish and fisheries. m/ For example, the 1904 Convention between France and Switzerland for the regulation of fishing in their frontier waters provides that “Factories, plants or establishments of any kind situated near the Doubs shall be prohibited from discharging into the water any waste or substances that may bc harmful to fish . . . ‘I.m/ Other agroements in effect protect the .l.w Act regarding navigation and economic co-operation between the States of the Niger Resin (Cameroon, Chad, Dahomey, Guinea, Ivory Coast (Cbte * d’Ivoire), Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Upper Volta (Burkina Faso)), 26 October 1963, art. 4, United Nations s, vol. 567, No. R506, p, 9. Also reproduced in Natural Resources/Water Series No, 13, p. 6, at 8. 7. uwArticle II. United States Government Printing Office, Treatiss Acts Sew, No. 9257. Au/ 1860 Final Act of the delimitation of the international frontier of the Pyrenees between France and Spain, sect. I, clause 6, United Nations, Lenislative~Telr_te.Treatu.iQneionkEoncerninc!the .fnternationalaiuarnfnr,w Purp$~&o&mu (United Nations publication-Sales No.8 63.V.4) (horeafter cited as “J&&&&iv0 Tuts l-c .Z), Treaty No. 166, pp. 674 and 676, sununarized in X~&uk~.gtlc-.L._l!A, vol. II (Part Two), g.182, document A/5409, paras. 979 and 960 (cl. See also e.g. the 1867 Convention between Switzerland and the Grand Duchy of Baden and Alsace-Lorraino, L.@&l&$!,f_TaK+ls . . . . Treaty No. 113, p. 397, art. 101 the 1906 Agreement between Switzerland and Italy establishing provisions in respect of fishing in frontier waters, Legislative Texts . . . . Treaty No. 230. p. 039, art. 12, pare. 5, summarised in X~J&QQ~_.- .,,.. _t93_4, vol. II (Part Two),
analysis: The text appears to focus on international agreements and treaties related to the protection of the environment, specifically the waters of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem. It references various international agreements that aim to prevent pollution and protect fish and fisheries. This suggests that the category related to natural resources and environment is the most fitting.