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Egypt facing 'existential threat' due to Ethiopia's GERD on Nile: FM tells UNSC
Date: 2021-07-08 21:38:20 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:130 - ID:9052072
NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) – Egypt’s foreign minister said on Thursday that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a threat to the life of Egyptians. "Egypt, a nation of a 100 million-plus population, is facing an existential threat posed by ....
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Nile River 'vital' for Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, cooperation is solution: Andersen
Date: 2021-07-08 20:55:03 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:126 - ID:9052007
NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme Inger Andersen said on Thursday that the Blue Nile constitutes a vital water resource for Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. In her speech at a UN Security Council ....
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UNSC session on GERD starts - spokesman
Date: 2021-07-08 20:42:31 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:120 - ID:9052006
CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) - "And flow, O Nile, freely … let your banks tell the meaning of struggle" was the opening phrase in Egypt's speech before the United Nations Security Council session, read out by Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on ....
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Tunisian president asserts support to Egyptian-Sudanese move at UNSC over Ethiopian dam
Date: 2021-07-08 20:34:47 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:118 - ID:9051934
CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) – Tunisian President Kais Saied asserted on Thursday his country’s full support to preserving Egypt’s water security as an integral part of Arab national security, Presidency Spokesman Bassam Radi said. This came during a ....
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UN envoy for Horn of Arica asserts necessity of reaching deal on dam filling, operation
Date: 2021-07-08 20:18:31 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:115 - ID:9051988
NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - UN Special Envoy for the Horn of African Parfait Onanga-Anyanga asserted the necessity of settling disputes as regards the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) among the three parties; Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, in order ....
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Foreign Ministry urges Egyptians in Jordan to adjust their residency status
Date: 2021-07-08 20:15:39 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:114 - ID:9051859
CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) - The Foreign Ministry has appealed to Egyptian expat workers in Jordan to swiftly adjust their residency status, to benefit from a Jordanian government’s decision allowing expatriates to settle their legal status from July 4 to ....
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UNSC session on GERD kicks off at request from Egypt, Sudan
Date: 2021-07-08 19:51:55 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:111 - ID:9051931
NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - A UN Security Council (UNSC) session on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) kicked off here on Thursday at a request from Egypt and Sudan. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is attending the session. UN ....
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Shoukry: Egypt, Sudan's call on UNSC in light of “existential threat” to their peoples from Ethiopia's dam 3 last Cairo
Date: 2021-07-08 19:19:38 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:107 - ID:9051821
Stressing that Egypt is 95% desert, and that 60% of Egyptians depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, Shoukry said there must be legally binding rules governing the filling of the reservoir and guaranteeing “as an insurance that during drought, ....
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Shoukry: Egypt, Sudan's call on UNSC in light of “existential threat” to their peoples from Ethiopia's dam 2 Cairo
Date: 2021-07-08 18:17:00 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:97 - ID:9051800
Shoukry said that Tunisia, the Arab representative to the council, has circulated a draft resolution that requests Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to resume negotiations at the invitation of the African Union chairman and UN Secretary-General Antonio ....
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Shoukry: Egypt, Sudan's call on UNSC in light of “existential threat” to their peoples from Ethiopia's dam
Date: 2021-07-08 18:08:44 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:95 - ID:9051775
CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said Egypt and Sudan called for a Security Council meeting in light of “the existential threat” to the people of both countries from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. In an interview with ....
