The signing of the draft Agreement negotiated by the major political parties and the three rebel groups in paris is just the beginning of a long and delicate process of restoring peace and stability in CI. As news filters as to who, among the various factions, got what, out of the Agreement, demonstrators start gathering in the French Army barracks to express their disagreement with the Agreement. The french contingent had to resort to using tear gas to disperse the growd. Although the appointment of 69 year old Seydou Diarra, a former PM under the Military Government of the late General Guie and a retired diplomat was generally welcomed, the revelation that the main MPCI rebel group negotiated their way into securing the Interior and Defense position in the new cabinet did not sit well with supporters of Gbagbo in the Abidjan area. The difficult process of managing the stabilization process has just started, and as both Cherac and Kofi Annan warned the Ivoirian politicians during the Paris meeting, _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~