It also requests Parties to conduct consultations through a joint body to develop cooperation regarding issues covered by the Convention. Only in the case of a failure to settle a difference or a dispute through a joint body, should other means of dispute settlement be applied. For example, the Russian Federation-Belarus Commission (under agreement 20 in table 1) has to “facilitate the settlement of disputed questions concerning the use and protection of transboundary waters”. The Russian Federation-Kazakhstan Commission (under agreement 2 in table 1) has a similar task. The Agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation of 1992 (agreement 1 in table 1) entrusts the plenipotentiaries with addressing disputes concerning the interpretation and implementation of this Agreement. If the plenipotentiaries fail, the dispute should be settled by the competent authorities of the Parties.