Bambalaye: Thanks you so much for the information. It definitely helps. Best Regards, Ablie- Lekbi >From: BambaLaye <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: US-Gambia relations (fully) normalised >Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 20:50:21 -0500 > >Joe, Gassa, Ablie: > >The section referred to in the letter quoted is likely to be Title V, § 508 >of the United States Code. See below the relevant sections of Title 22, >Chapter 32 [22 USCS § 2151y (2001)- Accelerated loan repayments; annual >review of countries with bilateral concessional loan balances; priority of >determinations respecting negotiations with countries having balances; >criteria for determinations and 22 USCS § 2151aa (2001)- Program to >provide technical assistance to foreign governments and foreign central >banks of developing or transitional countries]. This is porbably >the "Assistance" being talked about. I may be wrong on this, but I strongly >believe this is the section they are re >ferring to. I hope this helps. > >============================================================================ > § 2151aa. Program to provide technical assistance to foreign governments >and foreign central banks of developing or transitional countries > >(a) Establishment of program. > (1) In general. Not later than 150 days after the date of the enactment >of this section [enacted Oct. 21, 1998], the Secretary of the Treasury, >after consultation with the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the >United States Agency for International Development, is authorized to >establish a program to provide technical assistance to foreign governments >and foreign central banks of developing or transitional countries. > (2) Role of Secretary of State. The Secretary of State > shall provide >foreign policy guidance to the Secretary to ensure that the program >established under this subsection is effectively integrated into the >foreign policy of the United States............................ > >============================================================================ >§ 2151y. Accelerated loan repayments; annual review of countries with >bilateral concessional loan balances; priority of determinations respecting >negotiations with countries having balances; criteria for determinations > >The Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering >this part shall conduct an annual review of bilateral concessional loan >balances and shall determine and identify those countries whose financial >resources make possible accelerated loan repayments. In > particular, >European countries that were recipients of concessional loans by >predecessor agencies to the agency primarily responsible for administering >this part shall be contacted to negotiate accelerated repayments. The >criteria used by the Administrator in making these determinations shall be >established in conjunction with the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the >House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the >Senate. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >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] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~