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Memorandum submitted to the President of the Government of Sudan on Monday 14th. Feb 2005 by represntative of over 16 Sudanese Nubian Groups and Organization protesting against Governemt of Sudan decision to give away millions of feddans from Nubian Land to Egypt:
________________________________________________________________ HE The President of Sudan
Greetings
First let us congratulate you and ourselves with the Peace Agreement which we hope would offer the Sudan a bright, free and democratic future under the rule of law.
Mr President
Since the construction of the High Dam in 1964, the Nubians have sacrificed their heritage and land for the welfare of Egypt and Sudan. The Nubians were s dispersed all over the Sudan and Egypt as well as in many countries around the globe. Some who strived and struggled to return to the shores of Lake Nubia have made the resurrection of Wadi Halfa a forced reality.
Those who were relocated" in Butana plains in eastern Sudan suffered as the New Halfa Project collapsed gradually for many reasons of mis-management, poor drainage, and invasion of shrubs and weeds. Now most of them are scattered all over the outskirts of Sudanese towns and cities . The whole Nubian land in Wadi Halfa, Sikkout, Mahas have suffered from marginalisation ,overlooking and neglect. In spite of the suffering the Nubians did not spare an opportunity or an effort to reconstruct the land of their ancestors and have submitted several proposals to the authorities which were , unfortunately ignored.
On the other hand the people of Argin have returned in large numbers and tried hard to establish a decent life on the western shores of the Nile where old Argin existed. They built houses and developed a number of agricultural projects on their own initiatives without any support from the government of Sudan. Instead of helping Argin people, by rebuilding Wadi Halfa and supporting Argin projects, the government decided to sell 1.6 million feddans of the Nubian land to Egypt for irrigation with waters extracted from the Nubian Aquifer . All this took place in full exclusion of the Nubians who have , in the past, built a civilisation which is still echoing its flavour and pride all over the world
We hoped, while Sudan is advancing towards the dawn of its free era , that the government would have handled this matter with what it deserves from transparency and have strived to allow the Sudanese people in general and the Nubians in particular to participate in shaping their future in a participatory fashion. Alternatively what is happening is that such important decisions as using the water from the Nubian Aquifer and land are being handled in secrecy and without the involvement of the people who own this wealth historically. Mr President please share with us the concern that these resources are not only for the Nubians but for all the future generations of the Sudan in the south, the north, the west and the east. The Nubian Aquifer is the natural reservior of water supplies for coming generations of Sudanese Please also note that the current century have been declared the "water century " pointing to the importance of judicial and wise use of this precious resource in a sustainable way.
Mr President .. In consideration of the above we voice our strong objection to what is being done in breach and violation of the Nubians right for their lands and ground water. Indeed, we support investment and prosperity on the Nile value . However, this investment should observe the legal and historic property rights of the people who live in these areas and the concerns of the future generations of the whole Sudanese people. We raise to you attention the following demands:
1. Development of a legal document which conserves the common property rights of the Nubian people to the water and land resources in this area 2. To speed up the formation of the Land Authority in the Northern State . The Authority should be given legal jurisdictions for any investment in the area 3. Provision of enough water for the agricultural schemes in the Nubian Lands from Wadi Halfa to Dongola 4. The establishment of an Authority for the development of all of the Agricultural Schemes in the Northern States. This organisation should be the only authority with jurisdiction over any future use of land and water resources in Nubia. The authority should have the power to oversee and provide governance to all investment and use issues related to irrigation, cropping and natural resource management. All private and public investors should get permission to undertake any development activities from this agency
نص المذكرة التي قدمها ممثلي اكثر من 16 تنطيم نوبي الي رئيس الحكومة السودانية يوم الاثنين 14 فبرائر 2005 معترضيين علي قرار حكومة السودان بمنح ملايين من الافدنة بارض النوبة الي مصر
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السيد/رئيس الجمهورية
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله تعالى وبركاته
بداء نهنئكم وأنفسنا باتفاقية السلام الموقعة والتى نأمل أن يستشرف السودان فى ظلها غدا أفضل بسيادة الحرية والديمقراطية وحكم القانون.
سيدى الرئيس....... فى العام 1964 منذ انشاء السد العالى قدم النوبيون أراضيهم وارثهم الحضارى لمصلحة السودان ومصر وتفرقت الاسر النوبية الممتدة فى السودان ومصر ما بين وادى حلفا وأدندان وقسطل، وتشتتوا وبقى منهم البعض وعانوا الى ان فرضوا مدينة وادى حلفا كواقع وبوابة شمالية للسودان.
وهجر البعض الاخر قسرا الى سهل البطانه ليعانوا فشل مشروع حلفا الجديدة الزراعى فنزحوا وتشردوا الى اطراف المدن وتأثرت المنطقة النوبية كلها، حلفا، سكوت، المحس، وعانت ما عانت من التهميش والاهمال. وطيلت هذه الفترة سعى النوبيون لاعادة تعمير وادى حلفا والمنطقة النوبية عبر مؤتمرات تبنت الدولة توصياتها ولكن للاسف لم تنزلها الى أرض الواقع. كما سعى أهل أرقين للرجوع الى قراهم وبنوا البيوت وبدؤا مشاريع زراعية بمفردهم دون دعم من الحكومة اصرارا للبقاء فى اراضيهم وبيئتهم.
وبدلا من أن تشجع الدولة اعادة بناء وادى حلفا ودعم المواطنين بأرقين، الا اننا فوجئنا بقرار منح 1،6 مليون فدان بمنطقة أرقين لمصر والتى سيتم ريها من مياه الحوض النوبى الجوفية، كل ذلك بعيدا عن أهلها الحقيقيين الذين بنوا حضاره يتفاخر بها كل سودانى أمام العالم.
كنا نأمل والسودان يستشرف عهدا جديدا أن يتعامل القائمون فى السلطة بشفافية بكل ما يهم أمر السودانيين ليشاركوا جميعا فى تحديد مستقبلهم، وأن لا تمرر قرارات مصيرية حول الارض و المياه التى لا تهم النوبيون وحدهم بل السودان ككل. فالحوض النوبى يمثل المياه الجوفية الاستراتيجية ليس للنوبيون فقط بل لكل الاجيال السودانية القادمة. والقرن القادم قرن مياه.
عليه نرفض بصورة قاطعة وبشدة ما يجرى حول الارض النوبية وحقوق مياه السودان الجوفية. نحن نرحب بالاستثمار والتنمية والمشاريع وفق حقوق أهالى وأبناء المنطقة وحقوق المياه للأجيال القادمة من السودانيين، وعليه نطالب بالآتى:-
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