1.
GV BUILDING
0.04

2.
SV DELEGATE OF GUINEA SEATED
0.09

3.
SV PAN DELEGATE FROM MAURITANIA
0.17

4.
SV DELEGATE FROM SENEGAL
0.25

5.
LV MORE DELEGATES SEATED
0.30

6.
GV DELEGATES SEATED, IBRA WANE OF SENEGAL SPEAKING
0.35

7.
SV DITTO SPEAKING
0.44

8.
LV SPEAKING
0.51

9.
CU SPEAKING
0.56

10.
LV PAN DELEGATES CLAPPING
1.00

11.
CU PRESIDENT SPEAKING
1.10

12.
LV MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS PAN TO OTHER MEMBERS
1.24

13.
SV GUINEA DELEGATE LISTENING
1.28

14.
SV DELEGATES FROM MALI AND MAURITANIA
1.36

15.
BV PRESIDENT SPEAKING AND DELEGATES LISTENING
1.44

16.
LV DELEGATES CLAPPING
1.52



Initials JBC/VS/JH/VOO



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Background: THE SENEGAL RIVER STATES COMMITTEE IS TO PROVIDE CREDIT OF 2,500 MILLION CFA FRANCS (3.6 MILLION STERLING) FOR IRRIGATION AND NAVIGATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN SENEGAL RIVER BASIN. THE CREDIT WAS ANNOUNCED AT THE OPENING MEETING OF THE FIFTH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OF THE COMMITTEE HELD IN DAKAR ON FRIDAY.

A. AMADOU AW, THE MALI MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS, MADE THE MEETING'S OPENING SPEECH, AS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE. IN ADDITION TO MAKING THE RIVER BASIN ANNOUNCEMENT, HE SAID THAT THE FOUR COUNTRIES HAD TO CO-OPERATE CLOSELY WITHOUT ISOLATING THEMSELVES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.

A CONFERENCE OF THE HEADS OF STATE OF THE FOUR COUNTRIES WAS HELD IN BAMAKO EARLIER THIS MONTH.