Co-operation on the lake Titicaca

Revollo (both engineers), who were part of the tripartite co-directorship in charge of the studies. Thus, continuity in the actions was achieved. The major tasks of the ad hoc committee were, with the support of international experts and the United Nations ECLAC, to elaborate the ALTs bylaws and manage different financial programmes in support of the ALTs actions. Support was obtained from the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) for project execution, from the Organization of American States (OAS) for the environmental diagnosis, and from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the study of evaporation through isotopic techniques.

1994 The ALTs statutes and financial and economic regulations were approved and the institution began operating.

Comment: The statutes and the financial-economic regulations were approved first of all by an exchange of notes signed by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of both countries. Afterwards they were approved by the Peruvian and Bolivian Congresses, and the corresponding laws were issued by the Presidents of both countries, thus aquiring the highest level of authority for these two normative ALT documents. In June, the ALT Executive President was appointed – of Peruvian nationality, compensating for the fact that the ALT headquarters were located in La Paz – Bolivia, as set forth in the statutes. The office was organized with similar participation of Peruvian and Bolivian professionals mainly in executive positions, thus promoting internal equity.