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| | Council of Great Lakes Governors - |
 | | The signatory States and Provinces recognize and commit to a spirit of cooperation among local, state, and provincial agencies, the federal governments of Canada and the United States, and the International Joint Commission in the study, monitoring, planning, and conservation of the water resources of the Great Lakes Basin. |
 | | The signatory States and Provinces consider each of the principles and implementing provisions of this Charter to be material and interdependent. |
 | | Each Great Lakes State and Province reserves and retains all rights and authority to seek, in any state, provincial, federal, or other appropriate court or forum, adjudication or protection of their respective rights in and to Basin water resources, in such manner as may now or hereafter be provided by law. |
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