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—serve as a clearinghouse and information center for the dissemination of information regarding State judicial systems; and

—encourage education for judges and support personnel of State court systems.

To accomplish these broad objectives, the Institute is authorized to provide funds, through grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts, to State courts and organizations that can assist in the achievement of improving judicial administration of the State courts.

Sources of Information

Inquiries concerning the following programs and activities should be directed to the specified office of the State Justice Institute, Suite 600, 1650 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.

Phone, 703–684–6100.

Grants—Chief, Program Division.

Publications, consumer information, speakers, Privacy Act/Freedom of Information Act requests—

Executive Director.

Information regarding the programs and services of the State Justice Institute is also available through the Internet, at www.statejustice.org.

For further information, contact the State Justice Institute, Suite 600, 1650 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Phone, 703–684–6100. Internet, www.statejustice.org.

UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

Suite 200, 1200 Seventeenth Street NW., Washington, DC 20036–3011 Phone, 202–457–1700. Fax, 202–429–6063. Internet, www.usip.org.

Board of Directors:

Public Members:

Chairman CHESTERA. CROCKER

Vice Chairman SEYMOURMARTINLIPSET

Members BETTYF. BUMPERS, HOLLYJ.

BURKHALTER, MARCE. LELAND, MORAL. MCLEAN, MARIA

OTERO, BARBARAW. SNELLING, HARRIETM. ZIMMERMAN, (3 VACANCIES)

Ex officio:

Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

LORNEW. CRANER

President, National Defense University PAULG. GAFFNEYII Under Secretary of Defense for Policy DOUGLASJ. FEITH

President, U.S. Institute of Peace RICHARDH. SOLOMON

Officials:

President RICHARDH. SOLOMON

Executive Vice President HARRIETHENTGES

Vice President CHARLESE. NELSON

Chief Financial Officer (VACANCY)

Director, Education Program PAMELAAALL

Director, Grants Program JUDITHM. BARSALOW

Director, Jeannette Rankin Library Program MARGARITAS. STUDEMEISTER

Director, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program for International Peace

JOSEPHA. KLAITS

Director, Research and Studies Program PAULB. STARES

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QUASI–OFFICIAL AGENCIES Director, Rule of Law Program NEILJ. KRITZ

Director, Training Program GEORGEF. WARD

Director, Balkans Initiative DANIELP. SERWER

Director, Religion and Peacemaking Initiative DAVIDR. SMOCK

Director, Special Initiative on the Muslim World

RICHARDD. KAUZLARICH

Co-Directors, Virtual Diplomacy Initiative SHERYLA. BROWN, MARGARITAS.

STUDEMEISTER

Director, Office of Congressional Relations (VACANCY)

Director, Office of Publications DANIELR. SNODDERLY

Director, Office of Public Outreach JOHNH. BRINKLEY

The United States Institute of Peace promotes research, policy analysis, education, and training on international peace and conflict resolution.

The United States Institute of Peace is an independent Federal institution created and funded by Congress to develop and disseminate knowledge about

international peace and conflict resolution. The Institute addresses this mandate in three principal ways:

—by expanding basic and applied knowledge about the origins, nature, and processes of peace and war,

encompassing the widest spectrum of approaches and insights;

—by disseminating this knowledge to officials, policymakers, diplomats, and others engaged in efforts to promote international peace; and

—by supporting education and training programs and providing information for secondary and university- level teachers and students and the general public.

Programs

The Education Program supports educational actitivities and curricula that help teachers and students, in the United States and abroad, understand

international conflict resolution and build the capacities of future peacemakers.

The Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace each year awards Senior Fellowships to 12–15 foreign policy scholars, policymakers, and journalists who conduct research on aspects of international conflict and peace. The Fellowship Program also awards non-resident Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowships to students and U.S. universities researching and writing

doctoral dissertations on international peace and conflict.

In addition to its in-house collections, the Jeannette Rankin Library has placed online the full texts of numerous peace agreements and documents relating to truth commissions plus annotated links to related Web sites.

The Grants Program administers the Institute’s program of financial support for research, education, training, and the dissemination of information on

international peace and conflict resolution. Grants are made for both solicited and unsolicited components.

The Office of Public Outreach helps provide the work of the Institute to a range of audiences through the media, convening public events, and scheduling speaking engagements by Institute specialists.

The Office of Publications oversees the publication of a broad range of products concerned with various aspects of international conflict and its

resolution. Institute publications are available by request, or by free subscription while other items are available for purchase.

The Research and Studies Program develops and disseminates knowledge on the prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of conflicts through working groups, public meetings, written products, and other forms of research and analysis.

The Rule of Law Program refines principles of the rule of law articulated by various international bodies and provides governments and policymakers

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The Training Program offers interactive programs that help government officials, military and police personnel,

international organization

representatives, and others interested acquire skills to handle all phases of conflict.

Special Initiatives

The Institutes Balkans Initiative works to promote peace and reconciliation in the former Yugoslavia and to build

consensus on Balkans policy and the U.S. role in maintaining peace.

The Special Initiative on the Muslim World addresses a broad range of political, social, cultural, and religious questions. It explores the prospects for long-term understanding between the

Western and Islamic worlds, and develops crisis management strategies for resolving conflicts.

The Religion and Peacemaking Initiative enhances the capacity of faith communities to be forces for peace. It focuses on the role of religion in world conflicts and the applicability of human rights.

The Virtual Diplomacy Initiative helps scholars and practitioners better understand and apply information and communications technologies in preventing, managing, and resolving international conflict.

Sources of Information

Electronic access to the Institute is available through the Internet at www.usip.org.

For further information, contact the Office of Public Outreach, United States Institute of Peace, Suite 200, 1200 Seventeenth Street NW., Washington, DC 20036–3011. Phone, 202–457–1700. Internet,

www.usip.org.