Cercle de Politique Internationale

Washington, D.C. and New York Study Visit

1-13 May 1999

Welcome to the home page of the U.S. study visit organised by Johannes Gehringer of the CPI (Cercle de Politique Internationale, CERIS, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium).

Documentation

• Some preliminary taste of Washington, D.C.: my internship experience at the Inter-American Development Bank in D.C. (1995)
• My Washington internship report at the Inter-American Development Bank in D.C., 1995

Our Visit Program

1. Washington Post newspaper, guided tour, 3 May 2001
2. European Commission Delegation to the USA, briefing and discussion, 3 May
3. The World Bank Group, presentations and discussions, 4 May
4. International Monetary Fund, presentation and discussion, 4 May
5. White House special guided tour, 5 May
6. U.S. News & World Report, weekly national magazine, discussions, 5 May
7. Georgetown University: lecture by Prof. D. Chirot on Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing, 5 May
8. U.S. Congress: Congressional Research Service (CRS), briefing and discussion, 6 May
9. U.S. Congress - Capitol Building guided tour (for some of us), 6 May
10. U.S. State Department, presentations and discussion, 6 May
11. U.S. Department of Defense/Pentagon guided walk-in tour, 7 May
12. Inter-American Development Bank, presentations and discussions, 7 May
13. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, tour, 8 May
14. United Nations Headquarters tour, New York, 11 May
15. UNDP, New York, briefing and discussions, 11 May

Photo Album

• First day: At the Reflecting Pool, Lincoln Memorial
• Our four ladies at the Kennedy memorial and grave, Arlington Cemetery
• Relaxing at the Georgetown Waterfront after the meeting with U.S. News & World Report
• At the World Bank HQ
• On Capitol Hill after the CRS meeting

Links

• U.S. Information Agency
• Washington Visitor's Bureau

Last Updated: 17 Feb 2002