463 Javier Del Valle Melendo Water as a strategic resource... • To target poverty eradication and promote economic integration. • Members of the Initiative have agreed to the following points: • They recognise that the Nile River, its natural resources and environment are assets of immense value to all the riparian countries. • They therefore commit to the creation of a Framework Agreement to promote integrated management, sustainable development, and harmonious utilisation of the water resources of the Basin, as well as their conservation and protection. Cooperation mechanisms reduce the possibility of conflict in a basin where tensions arise on account of states’ intention to exploit their waters to the full, something which goes against the interests of Egypt, the great beneficiary of the situation up until now. The following objectives should be mentioned: • Constitute a forum for joint negotiations, taking all current and potentially conflicting interests into account in decision-making. • Examine different perspectives and interests, facilitating new management options and advantageous solutions. • Promote trust through joint collaboration and research. • Institutional strengthening in the management of water resources, particularly in less developed countries lacking in economic, human, technical and even legal resources. • Promotion of initiatives in relation to integrated water management, development and governance of transboundary basins, thus strengthening international cooperation. The way to avoid violent conflict and create the conditions for long-term peace is to combat poverty, hunger and disease. Water is the key to achieving this. http://revista.ieee.es/index.php/ieee M. Gorbachev.
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