Thanks Sidi. I know the UN is not withdrawing it's entire CI staff, only non-essential ones as you said in your previous post. What I was inferring in my post is that this is not a good sign, and if things get worse, it may lead to these organizations withdrawing essential staff with chaos to follow. Happy Tobaski in advance. Jabou Joh In a message dated 2/8/03 1:19:32 PM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > > Jabou, > > The UN is not withdrawing its entire CI staff. The essential ones are > those working on human rights, security and humanitarian issues. They will > stay. All development-related activities have been suspended until > conditions improve. I have just arrived in Banjul and need to get few > things sorted out and get ready for the Tabaski. Happy Tabaski to all in > advance. > > Sidi Sanneh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~