Thirteenth meeting of the Ministre for Foreign Affairs of the Plate basin countries focuses on intitutional issues.-- Lower Mekong co-operation under review at the sixteenth session of the Interim Mekong Committee.-- India and Bangladesh work out an understanding on the sharing of Ganges waters after expiration of the 1977 agreement.-- General agreement on the Canada-United States Skagit River dispute announced.-- New chairman appointed to the Canadian Section of the International Joint Commission of Canada and the United States.-- United States federal Judge rules on the dispute between the city of El Paso (Texas) and the state of New Mexico over the use of ground water.-- International Law Commission - third report on international rivers law.-- International Water Tribunal announced.-- Publications and documents