The Council of Ministers of Water Affairs of the Nile
Basin States (Nile-COM) held an Extraordinary Meeting
in Khartoum, Sudan, on March 28-29, 2001 as scheduled.
At the meeting:

- The Nile Technical Advisory Committee (Nile-TAC)
presented to the Nile-COM a set of joint project
proposals for endorsement.

- The Council approved the following SVP project
proposals:

Confidence Building and Stakeholder Involvement
NileBasin Regional Power Trade
Water Resources Planning and Management
EfficientWater Use for Agricultural Production
Socio-economic Development and Benefit-Sharing
Applied Training
Nile Transboundary Environmental Action Project and
the Nile Transboundary Environmental Analysis

The Council instructed the Nile-TAC to proceed with
the final editing and publication of the above
documents for presentation to the first International
Consortium for Cooperation on the Nile (ICCON).

With regard to project areas being identified under
the two sub-basin Subsidiary Action Programs (SAPs)
i.e. the Eastern Nile (SAP) and the Nile Equatorial
Lakes (NELSAP), the Council commended the two SAPs to
the consideration of the first ICCON for detailed
studies thereafter.

The Council endorsed June 26-28, 2001 as the dates for
the first ICCON. It invited the World Bank President,
James D. Wolfensohn, to open the ICCON proceedings in
Geneva, Switzerland.

The Council expressed appreciation for the performance
of the Nile Secretariat (Nile-SEC) Executive Director,
Mr. Meraji O.Y. Msuya and approved his reappointment
for a further term of two years from June 1, 2001 to
May 31, 2003.

Implementation of the above Nile-COM decisions is
already underway.

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