Politics and Diplomacy

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  • Saint Vincent and Grenadines representative: Nile River highly important as transboundary water source

    Date: 2021-07-08 23:22:17 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:150 - ID:9052164

    NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - Inga Rhonda King, the representative of Saint Vincent and Grenadines to the UN Security Council said the Nile River is of great importance as a transboundary water source for Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt and all countries in its ....

  • Egypt facing 'existential threat' due to Ethiopia's GERD on Nile: FM tells UNSC 7 New York

    Date: 2021-07-08 23:08:16 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:149 - ID:9052133

    Ethiopia has sought to justify these unreasonable positions by invoking some mythical injustice that had been wrought upon it by so-called colonial treaties or by an unfair status quo, the foreign minister said. "Ethiopia was never a colony, and ....

  • US representative: Horn of Africa at an inflection point

    Date: 2021-07-08 23:07:18 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:148 - ID:9052134

    NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - US representative to the United Nations Security Council Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the Horn of Africa is at an inflection point. Addressing a UN Security Council session on the Ethiopian dam on Thursday, ....

  • Egypt facing 'existential threat' due to Ethiopia's GERD on Nile: FM tells UNSC 6 New York

    Date: 2021-07-08 23:02:53 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:145 - ID:9052112

    Realizing this objective of concluding a fair and balanced agreement on the GERD is not unsurmountable nor is it beyond reach, the foreign minister said. “Indeed, the continued failure of negotiations is not due to a lack of scientific solutions ....

  • DRC envoy underscores importance of UNSC, AU in settling GERD dispute

    Date: 2021-07-08 22:58:12 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:144 - ID:9052116

    NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) envoy to the UN underlined the importance of the role of the UN Security Council and the African Union in settling the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as part ....

  • Tunisia's delegate to UNSC stresses need to avoid harming rights, interests of downstream countries 2 last New York

    Date: 2021-07-08 22:47:26 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:143 - ID:9052074

    Tunisia's representative thanked France for organizing the UNSC session to discuss the dispute among Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over the filling and operation of the Renaissance Dam. "I welcome the participation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs ....

  • Egypt facing 'existential threat' due to Ethiopia's GERD on Nile: FM tells UNSC 5 New York

    Date: 2021-07-08 22:45:39 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:142 - ID:9052113

    Egypt has engaged in a whole decade of negotiations on the GERD, the foreign minister said. "Since Ethiopia unilaterally commenced the construction of this dam – without fulfilling the duties incumbent upon it as an upstream state to notify and ....

  • Kenya recognizes legitimate concerns of Egypt, Sudan over GERD issue, says envoy

    Date: 2021-07-08 22:37:33 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:141 - ID:9052090

    NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - The Kenyan envoy to the UN said his country fully recognizes the legitimate concerns of Egypt and Sudan as regards the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issue which has forced both countries to request a special ....

  • UK envoy urges UNSC not to take any measures to undermine talks on GERD

    Date: 2021-07-08 22:30:49 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:135 - ID:9052075

    NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - UK envoy to the UN Barbra Woodward has urged the UN Security Council not to take any measures that undermine the negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Addressing the UNSC session on Thursday to ....

  • Russian representative says Moscow closely follows up GERD developments

    Date: 2021-07-08 22:30:12 GMT - United Nations - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:140 - ID:9052092

    NEW YORK, July 8 (MENA) - Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said that the Russian Federation is closely following up the GERD issue. Addressing a UN Security Council session to discuss the Grand Ethiopian ....

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