Mr Sidibeh, Thank you very much for these proposals. If the type of organization you have highlighted could be established in the Gambia, it will go a long way in helping entrenched a positive contribution to our development. I always hold the notion that the situation in the Gambia is not hopeless. In fact, the future could be very promising. It all depends on the kind of people who are willing to offer themselves to be of service to their nation; people who are selflessly motivated for the common good. People who are sincere, committed, honest and above all, have a conscience. We are living in a world today, which by its own contradictions, is proving more and more alien from the concepts it has evolved overtime. From time immemorial, people of thought and foresight have tried to grasp the essence of being, and the unity and struggle of the opposites it nurtures, resolving to harmonize its contradictions so as to facilitate a climate conducive to peaceful co-existence and mutual inner fulfillment. This is the mission that challenges us all, as we try to determine our purpose in enriching our human experiences. Concepts, therefore, are ideas about resloution; resolution is the necessary condition to mitigate circumstances of conflict. Conflict, is the internalization of norms, values, beliefs etc that are at variance with similar core internalizations held by different people or groups of people. The conflagration of conflicts, is the abrogation of all rational imperatives, that reduces the human spirit to a callous, unfeeling, ferocious energy, and the human mind to an impalpable crude impusle bent on inflicting pain and suffering. The underlying factors that has shaped human existence and human relations, has been the inherent conflicts, struggles, that has existed between peoples. These conflicts, or differences form the basis of their struggle; these conflicts, or differences, also form the basis of conceptualizing the harmonization of these inherent conflicts. The proposals you have made, and the analysis you have given, in my opinion are quite progressive. As long as there is an effort to minimize the differences that set us apart, and solidify the common objectives that strengthen us as a nation, and as a people, we are indeed making progress. I, therefore, applaud your sincere efforts in trying to find a meaningful platform, an organization, in which Gambians can contribute positively to our development. Rene ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------