The first pledges were made for funding the project at a conference held in 1990 in Aswan: USD $65 million, mostly from the MENA states.
Widazarnen mordatan ən tadhil tan dawla aqalnat aygan ɣur tidawt təgat daɣ 1990 ɣur Assouan : 65 milliontan ən dollars US, ədifalan intadax akal nadag wan MENA.