Former Egyptian minister calls for UN Security Council intervention into GERD crisis

Former Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Nasr Eddin Allam called on Tuesday for the UN Security Council to stop the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and evaluate its structural safety as well as its water and environmental repercussions on Egypt and Sudan after the failure of negotiations with Ethiopia.

Allam’s comments came during a conference on the GERD organized by the Egyptian Center for Strategic Studies.