S. Sudan to chair Nile Basin Initiative meet
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June 14, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan will later this month assume the
chair of the Nile Basin Initiative initially headed by Rwanda, the
country’s water resources and irrigation minister said Friday.
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Minister of water resources and irrigation, Paul Mayom Akec (ST)
Paul Mayom Akec told Sudan Tribune that members of the Nile Council of
Ministers (Nile-COM), which is the governing body of the Nile Basin
Initiative (NBI) are due to hold their annual meeting in the South
Sudan capital, Juba this Thursday.
The meeting, the minister revealed, will deliberate on how to improve
cooperation between Nile basin countries, review progress made over
the last year and provide strategic guidance for improved efficiency
and effectiveness.
Akec did not, however, comment on the current dispute between Egypt
and Ethiopia over the latter’s dam building project on the Blue Nile
river.
Those in attendance, the minister said, will review and are expected
to approve the work plan and budget for the fiscal year 2013/2014 as
well as a number of strategy and policy documents.
Akec said he expects participants to focus on issues which are
relevant to the current regional needs and resolve them within the
framework and the vision for which the initiative was established.
“I assure you that none of the members will be hurt because we are
guided by the vision for which this initiative was created. It was
established as a forum through which the member states would come
together to share thoughts and ideas to manage the Nile for the
benefits of the African people”, Akec told Sudan Tribune.
The partnership is guided by a shared vision, which aims to achieve
sustainable socio-economic development though equitable utilisation
of, and the benefit from, the common Nile Basin Water Resources, he
added.
Also earmarked as part of the event, will be the effective handover of
the leadership of the Nile-COM from Stanislas Kamanzi, Rwanda’s
minister for natural resources to his South Sudanese counterpart.
It is a tradition of the NBI to rotate the position of chair among
member states - Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda,
South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda - on an annual basis in
alphabetical order.
The meeting will be preceded by a two day meeting of the 39th Nile
Technical Advisory Committee (Nile-TAC) from 17 to 19 June 2013. The
Nile-TAC comprises technical representatives from NBI Member States
and oversees the work of NBI.
It offers technical support and advice to the Nile-COM on matters
related to the cooperative management and development of the common
Nile Basin water resources.
Thursday’s meeting, will among other things, discuss the annual
management report; the progress report for the financial year
2012/2013; the work plan and budget for the financial year 2013/2014
and later present these to the Nile-COM members for approval.
Established in 1999, the initiative serves as a forum through which
member state seeks to develop the River Nile in a cooperative manner,
share substantial socio-economic benefits and promote regional peace
and security.
(ST)
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