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Gambia: Gambia--Government Sets Up Commission on Arms Movement Paris AFP AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Wednesday, January 7, 1998 The Gambian Government today set up in Banjul a National Security Commission whose main mission is to fight against the movement of arms in the country, it was announced from official sources in the Gambian capital. The commission is headed by a woman, Mrs. Issatu Njie Saidy, and comprises some 15 people including the Interior Minister Momodou Bojang, Chief of Defense Staff Bubacar Jatta, and the director of National Security Agency and the head of the police service. Among other tasks assigned to the commission is an information campaign to encourage the people to respect and defend the law. Youth associations and other movements will be included in the activities of this new commission.