Conversations > Data Exchange

The conversation on Data Exchange captures the speakers' statements on the processes of exchanging data and information regarding the GERD.

Concepts / speakers

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Ten most cited concepts

data exchange
GERD operation
GERD agreement
cooperation
GERD filling
rights
impacts
dam safety
benefits
harm

Speakers

Egypt
Sudan
Ethiopia

Verbatims

meeting01/05/2020 - 30/06/2020
Round of tripartite meetings between Water Affairs Ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan to discuss the rules on the filling and operation of the GERD
meeting19/05/2020 - 05/06/2020
Round of bilateral technical discussions led by Water Affairs Minister of Sudan with his Egyptian and Ethiopian counterparts to discuss the resumption of negotiations

02/06/2020 letter to Security Council

Sudan,concerned
Thus, Sudan strongly believes that signing a partial agreement covering only the first stage filling will not be tenable because there are many other technical and legal issues which should be included in any agreement related to the filling and operation of the GERD. These include, but not limited to, the coordination mechanism, normal operation, data exchange, dam safety measures, and the pending environmental and social impacts studies.
meeting01/05/2020 - 30/06/2020
Round of tripartite meetings between Water Affairs Ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan to discuss the rules on the filling and operation of the GERD
meeting19/05/2020 - 05/06/2020
Round of bilateral technical discussions led by Water Affairs Minister of Sudan with his Egyptian and Ethiopian counterparts to discuss the resumption of negotiations
meeting09/06/2020 - 17/06/2020
Round of trilateral negotiation meetings between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan over the filling and operation of the GERD

19/06/2020 letter to Security Council

Egypt,accusatory
Unless Ethiopia believes that effective coordination and streamlined data sharing that ensures transparency and promotes cooperation would undermine its "rights to operate its own Dam", the Washington Agreement enables Ethiopia to operate the GERD and reap the benefits of this project while protecting downstream states against significant harm.
meeting01/05/2020 - 30/06/2020
Round of tripartite meetings between Water Affairs Ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan to discuss the rules on the filling and operation of the GERD

22/06/2020 letter to Security Council

Ethiopia,accusatory
Ethiopia agreed to establish coordination mechanism and reciprocal data exchange. On the other hand, Egypt refused to provide data and seeks to monitor Ethiopia's dam in a blatant disregard of Ethiopia's sovereign rights.
meeting01/05/2020 - 30/06/2020
Round of tripartite meetings between Water Affairs Ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan to discuss the rules on the filling and operation of the GERD
other23/06/2020
Arab League Council's Foreign Affairs Ministers issue a resolution concerning the GERD
meeting26/06/2020
African Union (AU) Bureau of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government holds an extraordinary session on the GERD
Communiqué of the African Union on the GERD
meeting02/07/2020 - 12/07/2020
Round of tripartite negotiation meetings between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan, under the auspices of the African Union
infrastructure03/07/2020
Ethiopia announces start of the 1st filling of the GERD reservoir
meeting21/07/2020
African Union Bureau of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government holds an extraordinary session on the GERD
Communiqué of the African Union on the GERD
meeting27/07/2020 - 10/08/2020
Round of tripartite negotiation meetings between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan, under the auspices of the African Union
Statement from Water Affairs Ministry of Ethiopia on the status of the tripartite negotiations
meeting26/10/2020 - 04/01/2021
Round of tripartite negotiation meetings between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan, under the auspices of the African Union
Statement on the ministerial meeting of the negotiation parties
meeting04/04/2021 - 06/04/2021
Round of tripartite negotiation meetings between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan, under the auspices of the African Union
Press release from Ethiopia Ministery of Water Affairs on the status of the tripartite negotiations available here

13/04/2021 letter to Security Council

Egypt,accusatory and concerned
Furthermore, Ethiopia has recently suggested that the three countries establish a mechanism for the exchange of technical data on the process of filling GERD. While a proposal to exchange technical data may ostensibly be constructive, the reality is that the purpose of a data exchange mechanism in this context is to ensure compliance with the substantive terms of an agreement on the filling and operation of GERD. Without such an agreement, the establishment of a data exchange mechanism will become a vehicle for securing Egypt’s de facto recognition and acceptance of Ethiopia’s unilateral filling of GERD. The filling of the GERD reservoir must proceed according to the terms of a comprehensive agreement on the filling and operation of GERD, the execution of which should be monitored by, inter alia, a data exchange mechanism.
meeting04/05/2021 - 11/05/2021
African Union Chairperson (President Tshilombo Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) undertakes a regional tour in Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan and proposes a phased approach to a GERD agreement

11/06/2021 letter to Security Council

Egypt,accusatory
Specifically, Ethiopia continues to refuse to sign a legally binding instrument, and has proposed limiting the negotiations to agreeing to the filling of the GERD and suggested establishing a data exchange and technical cooperation mechanism instead of elaborating rules for the filling and operation of the GERD.
Egypt,neutral
Similarly, it is implausible to establish data exchange or technical cooperation mechanisms in the absence of rules to govern the filling and operation of the GERD. Indeed, the very purpose of those mechanisms is to monitor compliance with the terms of an agreement and to ensure that the filling and operation of the GERD proceed in accordance with the technical rules governing these processes. Therefore, in the absence of agreed rules on the filling and operation, establishing data exchange or technical cooperation mechanisms would only serve to legitimize Ethiopia’s policy of unilateralism and its filling of the GERD without an agreement with its downstream co-riparians
other11/06/2021
Arab League Council issues a resolution regarding the GERD
Statement from the Government of Ethiopia in response to the Arab League Coucil resolution

05/07/2021 letter to Security Council

Egypt,assertive
I would also like to reiterate that, as I noted in my letter dated 11 April 2021, Egypt does not accept your proposal of establishing a mechanism for the reciprocal exchange of data. Such a mechanism can only function as part of a comprehensive agreement on the filling and operation of the GERD to provide the necessary channels for the exchange of data and technical information relating to the implementation of this agreement and verifying compliance with the rules included therein.