FOUR AFRICAN NATIONS AGREE TO IMPROVE USE OF KEY WATER RESOURCE UNDER UN-BACKED PLAN

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Date: 18 Sep 2013 10:00:00 -0400
Subject: FOUR AFRICAN NATIONS AGREE TO IMPROVE USE OF KEY WATER
RESOURCE UNDER UN-BACKED PLAN
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FOUR AFRICAN NATIONS AGREE TO IMPROVE USE OF KEY WATER RESOURCE UNDER
UN-BACKED PLANNew York, Sep 18 2013 10:00AMFour African nations today
agreed to a United Nations-backed plan that seeks to optimize the use
of a key underground aquifer system and improve the management of
water resources.

The Strategic Action Programme, signed at the Vienna headquarters of
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), commits Chad, Egypt,
Libya and Sudan to ensure the equitable use of the Nubian Sandstone
Aquifer System, a huge water resource that lies beneath the four
nations.

It also commits the countries to strengthen and build on a previously
existing regional coordination mechanism, in part by establishing a
new Joint Authority for the Nubian Aquifer System, according to a news
release issued by the IAEA.

"I congratulate all involved on this significant achievement," said
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano. "Water is a key resource, and
effective management and use of such water resources is essential for
the future."

The Programme lays the groundwork for improving cooperation among the
four arid nations and for strengthening their capacity to monitor and
manage the aquifer effectively, noted the Agency.

It added that, with growing populations and decreasing water
availability from other sources in the region, the aquifer is under
mounting pressure. "Removing water without a clear understanding of
transboundary and other implications threatens water quality and has
the potential to harm biodiversity and accelerate land degradation,"
the IAEA pointed out.

The Programme resulted from a joint technical cooperation project of
the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment
Facility (GEF), the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) and the IAEA.

"UNDP would like to congratulate the Governments of Egypt, Libya, Chad
and Sudan for achieving this important milestone towards the
cooperative management of their shared sub-surface waters which will
help to ensure maintenance of livelihoods and ecosystems dependent
upon the aquifer," said its Administrator, Helen Clark.

The Nubian aquifer is the world's largest known 'fossil' water aquifer
system, meaning that the water is ancient and non-renewable, according
to the IAEA.

The joint technical cooperation project began in 2006 and has already
completed a sophisticated model of the aquifer to assist the four
countries in optimizing use of the aquifer to meet human needs, avoid
transboundary conflict, and protect ecosystems dependent upon the
resource.

The IAEA contributes to the project in part by employing isotopic
hydrology techniques to monitor the quantity and quality of
groundwater and how it moves underground.Sep 18 2013 10:00AM
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