Contents: Memorandum to State and Local Municipal Officials • Summary • The President's Trip • The African Growth and Opportunity Act • Development Aid to Africa Must Continue • Human Rights--The Nigeria Case study • Conflict Resolution and African Peacekeeping • Emphasis on Women • The memorandum mentions democratic participation, human rights, Africa's debt problem, poverty, economic crisis, open markets, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), bilateral aid, the Development Fund for Africa, Nigerian oil, the military dictatorship, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, African leaders, Vice President Al Gore, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Special Envoy Jesse Jackson, President...
Contents: Memorandum to State and Local Municipal Officials • Summary • The President's Trip • The African Growth and Opportunity Act • Development Aid to Africa Must Continue • Human Rights--The Nigeria Case study • Conflict Resolution and African Peacekeeping • Emphasis on Women • The memorandum mentions democratic participation, human rights, Africa's debt problem, poverty, economic crisis, open markets, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), bilateral aid, the Development Fund for Africa, Nigerian oil, the military dictatorship, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, African leaders, Vice President Al Gore, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Special Envoy Jesse Jackson, President Clinton, democratic reforms, Human Rights Watch, Zaire, (HR 1432, S. 799), tariffs, economic growth, NAFTA, cheap labor, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Jubilee 2000 campaign, bank policies, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a Structural Adjustment Policy Review International Network (SAPRI), Sani Abacha, Assistant Secretary of State Susan Rice, then-Secretary of State Warren Christopher, African officers trained by the Pentagon, and the grassroots.
