The fifth meeting of the Legal Board of the Water Convention took place on 2–3 October 2008 in Geneva. The Legal Board started working on a new challenging task: developing a Guide to support ratification and implementation of the Convention. This activity should be a multilateral exercise with the close involvement of the Legal Board and the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management, as the activity entails both an interpretation of the Convention’s provisions (which should be the role of the Legal Board), and practical advice for their implementation (which should be provided by the Working Group).

The working languages of the Legal Board are English, French and Russian. Documentation of this fifth meeting was available in English only.