Altogether less contentious was the Committee on the Free Navigation of International Rivers, which met for the first time on 2 February 1815 to discuss the arrangements for rivers such as the Rhine, the Meuse, the Neckar, the Main and the Scheldt which flowed through or between different sovereignties. It included representatives of all the riparian powers directly affected as well as delegates of Britain, Austria and France. It held its second session on 8 February, its third twelve days later, its fourth three days after that, and its fifth on 24 February, by which time it had not only
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