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See International Conference on Fresh Water
RIVER NILE BASIN REPUBLICS TO RESOLVE CONFLICT
April 8, 2002
At least ten constituent republics of the African Union within the River Nile Basin have agreed to amicably resolve the disputed Nile Treaty.
John P Owino, the project manager with the International Union of Conservation of Nature, has cautioned politicians against over-politicising the issue as that would undermine the ongoing negotiations.
The republics that have entered the negotiations are Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea, among others. The African Union now has a Council of Water Affairs ministers and a Nile Technical Advisory Committee consisting of two permanent members from each concerned republic.
Donors have pledged financial support of US dollars 140 million for the development of the general water resource management in the Nile Basin
Proposals were submitted to donors in June 2001 during the meeting of the International Consortium for Co-operation on the Nile in Geneva (ICCN). The first phase of the programme will cost US dollars 3 million.
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