text: the functions of the body to be set up under those agreements. Such functions - 123 -would therefore have to be described in article 26 in very general terms or else the list of functions would have to be drawn up as a purely illustrative rather than an exhaustive one. 279. The opinion was also expressed that references to the permanence of the proposed joint organization and to the strengthening of existing organizations envisaged by the previous Special Rapporteur should be reinstated! the terms employed in the article were described as somewhat vague and the suggestion was made that a more firmly worded text along the lines proposed by the previous Special Rapporteur might be preferable. 260. While one member felt that the article shoulU define the possible functions of the organizations and not the concept of management, another suggested that if the Commission deoided to retain the article it would be better, inetead of trying to illustrate the possible, functions of joint organizations, to provide a definition of “management”, following, for example, the model of section 1.1 of the Canada Water Act 1969-70 - which would have the additional advantage of introducing the concept of regulation of international watercourses dealt with in article 25. 251, S,)ecific comments on es~,c\mJ included the observation that the wording enould be mow categoricnl and thu remark that, while one could agree with the Special RAppQrtQUr’B formulation establishing ths duty of a watercourse State to enter into conzultationo at the request oP any other watercourze State, that duty should go further where the economic and social needs of the region were making substantial or conflicting demarlds on the watercourse and should encompass an obligation to negotiate, which implied the duty to arrive at some result,
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the functions of a joint organization related to watercourses, including the management and regulation of international watercourses. It also touches on the idea of consultation and negotiation between states regarding the use of watercourses. This suggests that the category may be related to natural resources and environmental issues, but also has implications for international relations and cooperation.