SMUN 2025 UNECE: Serbia's Stance -Transboundary Water Resource

What is Serbia’s general stance as a downstream country in the Danube Basin?

• Supports upstream dominance

• Advocates for equitable sharing and protection

• Favors unilateral withdrawal

• Avoids cooperation

Which regional commission is Serbia an active participant in?

• Arctic Council

• ICPDR (Danube)

• Nile Basin Initiative

• Rhine Management Board

Serbia’s water infrastructure is often described as:

• Fully modernized

• Outdated and in need of investment

• Export-oriented

• Private-sector only

What does Serbia seek from UNECE for water infrastructure?

• Military support

• Technical and financial assistance

• Tariff guarantees

• EU waivers

Serbia is particularly concerned with pollution from:

• Greenland

• Downstream nations

• Upstream extractive industries

• Maritime traffic

What treaty does Serbia support for managing shared water?

• Kyoto Protocol

• UNECE Water Convention

• Paris Agreement

• Aarhus Convention

Which approach best describes Serbia’s preference?

• No cooperation

• Voluntary, flexible frameworks with monitoring

• Fixed quotas without flexibility

• Isolationism

Serbia’s key geographic water concern is:

• Glacier melt

• Water flow dependency on upstream states

• Marine erosion

• Island flooding

What strategic basin also includes Bosnia and Croatia with Serbia?

• Rhine

• Sava River Basin

• Dniester

• Elbe

Serbia supports increased funding for:

• Aerospace

• River basin coordination and flood resilience

• Weaponization of dams

• Seawater desalination