TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 03-818 

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DEFENSE 

Assistance 

 Agreement between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and THE GAMBIA 

Effected by Exchange of Notes at Banjul 

August 14 and 18, 2003 

 
 NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

 Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966 

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—

“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued 

under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent 

 evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than 

treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and 

international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, 

therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime 

jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the 

United States, and of the several States, without any further proof 

or authentication thereof.” 
 THE GAMBIA 

 Defense: Assistance 

 Agreement effected by exchange of notes at Banjul 

 August 14 and 18, 2003; 

 Entered into force August 18, 2003. 
EMBASSY OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

No. 87/03

The Embassy of the United States of America

presents its compliments to the Department of State

for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of The Gambia and

has the honor to refer to earlier discussions between

representatives of the two governments regarding

grants under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as

amended, or successor legislation, and the furnishing

of defense articles, related training, and other

defense services from the United States of America to

the government of The Gambia and the provision of such

items by the United States Government to the

Government of The Gambia for purposes of participation

in a peacekeeping operations (PKO) in Liberia under

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) or

other ECOWAS PKO.

In accordance with these discussions, it is

proposed that the Government of The Gambia agree:

A. That unless the consent of the Government of

the United States has been first obtained, the

Government of The Gambia shall not:

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(I) Permit any use of such defense articles

or related training including training materials

or other defense service by anyone not an

officer, employee or agent of the Government of

The Gambia or of ECOWAS;

(II) Transfer or permit any officer,

employee or agent of the Government of The Gambia

to transfer such articles or related training

including training materials or other defense

services by gift, sale or otherwise except to

ECOWAS, or

(III) Use or permit the use of such articles

or related training including training materials

or other defense services for purposes other than

those for which provided;

B. That said articles or related training

including training materials or defense services shall

be returned to the Government of the United States of

America or ECOWAS, if related to an ECOWAS

peacekeeping mission, when they are no longer needed

for the purposes for which they were furnished, unless

the Government of the United States of America

consents to another disposition;

C. That the net proceeds of sale received by

the Government of The Gambia in disposing of, with

prior written consent of the Government of the United

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States of America, any defense article furnished by

the Government of the United States of America on a

grant basis, including scrap from any such defense

article, shall be paid to - the Government of the United

States of America;

D. That the Government of The Gambia shall

maintain the security of such articles, related

training including training materials, and other

defense services; that it shall provide substantially

the same degree of security protection afforded to

such articles or related training including training

materials or defense services by the Government of the

United States of America; that it shall, as the United

States may require, permit continuous observation and

review by, and furnish necessary information to,

representatives of the Government of the United States

of America with regard to the use thereof by the

Government of The Gambia.

E. That the Government of the United States of

America may also from time to time make the provision

of articles, services, and related training furnished

under other authority (except the United States Arms

Export Control Act) subject to the terms and

conditions of this Agreement. (Transfers under the

United States Arms Export Control Act shall continue

to be governed by the requirements of that Act and

United States regulations applicable to such

transfers).

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Doug* L. Sun

Vice tonsul

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs note stating that

the foregoing is acceptable to the Government of The

Gambia shall, together with this Note, constitute an

Agreement between the two Governments, which shall

enter into force on the date of the Ministry's reply.

The Embassy of the United States of America

avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the

Department of State for Foreign Affairs of the

Republic of The Gambia the assurances of its highest

consideration.

Embassy of the United States of America,

Banjul, August 14. 2003.

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THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA

Department of State for Foreign Affairs

No. 4 Marina Parade

Banjul, The Gambia

Ref: IEC 555/176/01/(126-AEC)

The Department of State for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of The

Gambia Presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United

States of America in Banjul and with reference to the latter's Note

Verbale ref: No. 87/03 of the 14th August 2003, has the honour to

state as follows:

The conditions set forth in the Note No. 87/03 from the

Embassy of the United States of America are acceptable to the

Government of The Gambia and that the Embassy's Note and

this Note in reply shall constitute an agreement between the

two Governments which shall enter into force on this date.

The Department of State for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of The

Gambia seizes this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the

United States of America the assurances of its hig wation.

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The Embassy of the

United States of America

Banjul

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