Gassa: Thanks for forwarding the announcement. It is indeed a step towards reconciliation between the two countries which we hope will benefit the people of both the Gambia and the U.S . Do you have any information on section 608 of the US Foreign Assistance Act as highlighted on the release? However, the report further indicates that the United States looks forward to pursuing constructive relations with the people and the Government of Republic of The Gambia on a normal legal basis and in accordance with fundamental values, most notably, democratic freedoms, the rule of law, and human dignity. Don't you think that the recently released report of the State department on Gambia's Human Rights might have been a key indicator for the above statement? Best Regards, Ablie njie- Lekbi >From: Jungle Sunrise <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Another Milestone reached - from The Gambia Daily Observer. >Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 09:57:53 +0000 > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~