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Paula Escarameia

Paula Escarameia 27 ProŽle/ProŽl Paula Escarameia EDDA KRISTJANSDOTTIR In 1996, as part of a law school clinic, I was assigned brie y to the Portuguese mission to the United Nations in New York, during the Sixth Committee’s consid- eration of the International Law Commission’s (ILC) then draft articles on the non-navigational uses of international watercourses. My supervisor was the legal counsellor to the Portuguese mission, Paula Escarameia, and I was to conduct a little research, accompany the delegation to plenary meetings, and try to follow the discussions. I remember that one of my challenges was trying to keep up with Paula; she walked very fast! And she was kind enough to make me feel as though the beneŽ t of my presence there was entirely hers, although the value of her name alone on my resume has accrued compound interest every year since. By way of example, Ž ve years later, I met a research scholar from Portugal who was participat- ing in a special water law program at the Hague Academy’s Centre for Studies and Research. I Ž gured: water law, Portugal: she must know Paula. And indeed her face lit up in a big smile: “Of course I http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Law FORUM du droit international (continued in International Community Law Review) Brill

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Brill
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© 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1388-9036
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1571-8042
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10.1163/157180404773166028
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27 ProŽle/ProŽl Paula Escarameia EDDA KRISTJANSDOTTIR In 1996, as part of a law school clinic, I was assigned brie y to the Portuguese mission to the United Nations in New York, during the Sixth Committee’s consid- eration of the International Law Commission’s (ILC) then draft articles on the non-navigational uses of international watercourses. My supervisor was the legal counsellor to the Portuguese mission, Paula Escarameia, and I was to conduct a little research, accompany the delegation to plenary meetings, and try to follow the discussions. I remember that one of my challenges was trying to keep up with Paula; she walked very fast! And she was kind enough to make me feel as though the beneŽ t of my presence there was entirely hers, although the value of her name alone on my resume has accrued compound interest every year since. By way of example, Ž ve years later, I met a research scholar from Portugal who was participat- ing in a special water law program at the Hague Academy’s Centre for Studies and Research. I Ž gured: water law, Portugal: she must know Paula. And indeed her face lit up in a big smile: “Of course I

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