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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~