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r~ r' rl i~ it r\ i 49 = Co\) en --J national regulations regarding the use of international watereourses for purposes other than navigation. The declaration states in part: I. When a stream forms the frontier of two States, neither of these States may, without the consent of the other, and without special and valid 'legal title, make or allow individuals, corporations, etc. to make altera- tions therein detrimental to the bank of the other State. On the other hand, neither State may, on its own ter- ritory, utilize or allow the utilization of the water in such a way as seriously to interfere with its utilization by the other State or by individuals, corporations, etc. thereof. II. When a stream traverses successively the terri- tories of two or more States: i . . . . . 2. All alterations lllJUriOUS to the water, the emptying therein of injurious matter (from fac- tories, etc.) is forbidden. . . .77 The 1956 Conference of the International Law Associa- tion adopted the following principles: IV. A state is responsible, under international law, for public or private acts producing change in the existing regime of a river to the injury of another state, which it could have prevented by reasonable diligence. . . . . . VII. Preventable pollution of water in one state which does substantial injury to another state renders the former state responsible for the damage done.78 At its 1958 Conference, however, the Association dealt with pollution under "Agreed Recommendations" rather than 77 Set forth in Legal Aspects of Hydro-Electric Development of Rivers and Lakes of Common Interest, EjEOEj136, Geneva 1952. 78 Prineiples of Law Governing the Uses of International Rivers, Resolution Adopted by the International Law Association at its Conference Held in August 1956 at Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. , -'-~'~~"''''''''~-'''"'''_"~'~"'o-'~'~~ . t }.'. "d