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World court: Bolivia, Chile close together in river dispute

Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, center left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, center left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, center left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, center left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, center left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, center left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, center left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, center left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, center left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, center left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, center left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, center left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, center left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, center left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, center left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, second left, Chilean lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, right, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second right talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, left, and lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres answer questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, center left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, second left, prepares for the verdict reading at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) The Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, answers questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) The Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, answers questions outside the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court rules on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Judges enter the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Ximean Fuentes, Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs, right, and Chile's lawyer Carolina Valdivia Torres, left, wait for the start of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, center, waits for the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Chile's vice-minister for foreign affairs Ximean Fuentes, left, and Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, right, talk prior to the reading of the verdict at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, where the UN's top court ruled on a dispute about a river that crosses Chile's and Bolivia's border, in a case seen as important jurisprudence at a time when fresh water is becoming an increasingly coveted world resource. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
World court: Bolivia, Chile close together in river dispute