| ahd | Aswan High Dam |
| AU | African Union |
| bcm | Billion Cubic Meters |
| cfa | Cooperative Framework Agreement |
| cida | Canadian International Development Agency |
| com | Council of Ministers |
| cpa | Comprehensive Peace Agreement Development and Environmental Protection of the Nile |
| DoP | Declaration of Principles |
| drc | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| eia | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| entro | Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office |
| eplf | Eritrean people’s Liberation Front |
| EU | European Union |
| gdp | Gross Domestic Product |
| gerd | Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam |
| gni | Gross National Income |
| hdi | Human Development Index |
| Hydromet | Hydrometeorological Project |
| ibrd | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| icj | International Court of Justice |
| ila | International Law Association |
| ilc | International Law Commission |
| ipcc | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPoE | International Panel of Experts |
| jnc | Joint Negotiation Committee |
| masl | Meters Above Sea Level |
| mw | Megawatt |
| nasa | U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| nbi | Nile Basin Initiative |
| nbrap | Nile River Basin Action Plan |
| nelsap | Nile Equatorial Lake Subsidiary Action Program |
| nelsapcu | Nile Equatorial Lake Subsidiary Action Program Coordination Unit |
| Nile com | Nile Basin Council of Ministers |
| Nile-sec | nbi Secretariat |
| Nile-tac | Nile Technical Advisory Committee |
| nisrg | National Independent Scientific Research Group |
Nile River Basin Commission |
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| oau | Organization of African Unity |
| pjtc | Permanent Joint Technical Committee |
| poe | Panel of Experts |
| rbos | River Basin Organizations |
| sap | Subsidiary Action Programs |
| svp | Shared Vision Program |
| tac | Technical Advisory Committee |
| tc | Technical Committee (tc) |
| tecconile | Technical Cooperation Committee for the Promotion of the Development and Environmental Protection of the Nile |
| tnc | Technical National Committee |
| tplf | Tigray People’s Liberation Front |
| undp | United Nations Development Program |
| unga | United Nations General Assembly |
| unsc | United Nations Security Council |
| US | United States |
| USA | United States of America |
| usaid | United States Agency for International Development |
| usbr | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
| vclt | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |
| vcssrt | Vienna Convention on State Succession in Respect of Treaties |
| wmo | World Meteorological Organization |