To: All Fund for Peace staff
From: Jacqueline Sullivan
Subject: Exit Memo
25 August 2000
Interns Jackie Sullivan, Cecilia Lozada, and
Megan Burke meet with Charlotte Oldham-Moore of Senator Paul
Wellstone's legislative staff. |
Today is my last day of a truly wonderful summer at the
Fund for Peace. I feel privileged to have worked with
so many creative, talented and generous individuals exploring
truly innovative ways to promote peace in the world. It has
been very exciting to learn in such a supportive and encouraging environment.
As requested I will outline what I have done
during my ten-week internship with the Arms and
Conflict Program. I specifically worked on:
- A questionnaire on the implementation and enforcement
of U.N. mandatory arms embargoes by:
- Designed from scratch a sophisticated database
to store and analyze responses.
- Familiarized myself with the scope of the
questionnaire project, which required the
absorption of a complex matter with wide-ranging
legal and political implications.
- Drafted a complete list of contacts
(current ambassadors, addresses, telephone
numbers and e-mail) of UN member states
diplomatic missions at the UN in New York.
- Distributed the questionnaire to the UN missions
via e-mail, and regular mail, following up
with contacts, and answering inquiries
regarding the questionnaire.
- Assisted with the drafting of correspondence
and press releases.
- Project under the A&C's Mentoring Program by:
- Conducted a literature review, preliminary
interviews at the Inter-American Development
Bank and following up with several
governmental and nongovernmental sources
and interlocutors while researching the
topic of microcredit in Central America.
- Wrote a concept paper, "Raising the Stakes
on Peaceful Coexistence: How Microcredit
Can Help Women Reduce Violence at the
Hands of Demobilized Combatants".
This paper outlined the preliminary research
into a microcredit venture linking for the
first time women's business with the training
and employment of former combatants in
post conflict societies.
I also had the opportunity to attend several meetings at
the State Department, Senate and policy for a relating
to the proliferation of conventional weapons.
Jackie Sullivan is a graduate student in International Affairs
at the Monterey Institute, California.
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