What is OKACOM?

OKACOM  is the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission established through the OKACOM Agreement signed on 15 September 1994 between the Governments of the Republics of Angola, Botswana and Namibia. The OKACOM Agreement (1994) commits the member states to promote coordinated and environmentally sustainable regional water resources management of the Cubango-Okavango River Basin which is situated across those 3 states. OKACOM's main mandate  is "to act as technical advisor to the Contracting Parties (the Governments of the three states) on matters relating to the conservation, development and utilisation of the resources of common interest to the Contracting Parties..."