+ January - Calendar of events foreseen for the International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
+ January - Mobilization for the IYCP in the UK and USA
+ January - Article "Towards a Global Movement for a Culture of Peace" by Federico Mayor and David Adams published by Education International
+ January - Second mission of Ikuyo Hasuo to Japan to mobilize for IYCP and CPNN: overview, mission report and correspondence
• January 1 - Message from the Director-General on the occasion of the International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP) in French and English
• January - The Manifesto 2000 in 44 languages: leaflets for 12 of them
• January - Kit distributed by Education International for the International Year for the Culture of Peace, distributed to 295 national unions in 152 countries with 24 million teachers (filed separately at Wesleyan with books)
+ January 15 - Article in Guardian about hunger strike protest at UNESCO
+ January 31 - Meeting of Zeynep Varoglu with Paris International School to establish Culture of Peace News Network (CPNN) in their school
+ February 4 - Meeting with Zeynep Varoglu to discuss progress of CPNN
+ February 10 - Letter from Malcolm Harper, Director of UNA-UK detailing mobilization for International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP) in the UK
+ February 11 - Proposal for decentralized funds to UNESCO National Commissions and Field Offices for the IYCP
+ February 11 - Contract with Di Bretherton for work on the Culture of Peace News Network (CPNN)
+ February 14 - Memo to the Director-General from Nina Sibal, Director of New York Office saying that Ambassador Chowdhury plans to discuss culture of peace at the UN Security Council next month when he is chairman
+ February 15 - Presentation of IYCP to UNESCO Direction-Generale
+ March - Article in Prospects: "The Culture of Peace: A Programme of Action" by David Adams and Federico Mayor
+ March 10 - Resolution on Tolerance by UN General Assembly with request for inclusion of tolerance in report on a culture of peace
• March 14 to April 9 - Report of mission for Culture of Peace News Network to South America by Sergio Sarmiento
+ March 15 - Draft letter to Ramirez Ocampo about culture of peace activities in Colombia
• March 20 - American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) "mailgram" to retired teachers including information on IYCP, along with background Memorandum of Understanding and note to Director-General dating from March 1998 [note that AARP had 35 million members at this time]
+ March 20 - Memo to UNESCO field offices and liaison offices requesting inputs to UNESCO report to the United Nations concerning a draft programme of action for the upcoming UN Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence
+ March 23 - Publication by World Alliance of YMCAs: "Educating for Peace" including sections on IYCP and Manifesto 2000
+ March 28 - Letters to Morocco recognizing "Musical Peace Child-Maroc" as flagship event for the International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
+ March 30 - Letter to NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation recognizing the exhibition "One Heart, One World" as a contribution to the IYCP
+ April 5 - Memo from Geneva Office of UNESCO about sub-item "Towards a Culture of Peace" at 56th Session of Commission on Human Rights
• April 6 - Site development of CPNN in Jordan: Mission report by Zeynep Varoglu
+ April 7 - Background note to prepare for meeting of Director-General with Pierre Marchand along with Partnership Agreement with his organization, "Appel des Prix Nobel de la Paix pour les Enfants"
+ April 10 - Contribution of IYCP Task Force to UNESCO draft 30C/5 along with workplan for funds ($406,500) allotted to IYCP
• April 18-28 - Mission concerning culture of peace and non-violence in the Russian Federation (Moscow-Kazan-Elabuga): report by Adams and DIR/MOS (Reuther)
• April 26 - National Council of Churches of USA: Partnership agreement, brochure for IYCP, and endorsement by Presbyterian Church
• May 4 - 159 EX/37 - Strategy paper by the Director-General on the place of UNESCO in the United Nations system-wide actions on the culture of peace
• May 12 - Circular letter to all ASP Schools for International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
+ May 12 - Letter to UNESCO Ambassador from Vietnam with IYCP contribution to International Colloquium "Ho Chi Minh and the Culture of Peace"
+ May 19 - Presentation of IYCP to the meeting of the UNESCO Executive Board
+ May 19 - Chart maintained at IYCP Team Meetings to show progress in Manifesto signatures, Peace Messengers, Partnership Agreements and Flagship Events along with page with this information from IYCP website
• May 19 - 159th Executive Board: Analysis of debate on culture of peace: Overview and Excerpts.
• June 6-14 - Site development and moderator training for CPNN in China: Mission report by Zeynep Varoglu (with report of training by Chinese)
• June 21 - Summary of involvement of National Commissions for UNESCO for the first six months of the International Year for the Culture of Peace
+ June 30 - Announcement of the death of Nina Sibal: previously Director of the New York Office of UNESCO and key to IYCP at the United Nations
+ July - Culture of Peace News Network mid-year evaluation for the site in Jordan
+ July 1 - Organization of work by members of the IYCP Unit, including David Adams, Enzo Fazzino, Liselotte Anderson, Jeanne Gruson, Sebastian Petiot, Aurore Salinas, Saida Doumbia-Gall, Zeynep Varoglu and 4 young stagieres
+ July 3 - Contribution by IYCP Unit to Report of the Director-General on the Activities of the Organization (1998-1999)
+ July 5 - Draft Partnership Agreement of UNESCO with the Culture of Peace News Network (CPNN)
+ July 6-7 - Mission Report to Madrid in connection with Colombia Peace Plan including 16 annexes with related information
+ July 9-14 - Presentation of IYCP to the World Meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression: "From a culture of war and violence to a culture of peace and non-violence"
+ July 13 - Greetings from Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO to the 18th General Conference of the International Peace Research Association
+ July 13 - Letter to the International Peace Bureau agreeing to their request to hold their triennial conference at UNESCO
+ July 13 and 31 - Memos and details about UNESCO funding for the International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
+ July 25 - Letters from Pierre Marchand and Mairead Maguire of the Appeal of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and all Nobel Peace Laureates - diffused widely by Internet - with proposals for Culture of Peace Decade, including suggestion that it be directed by the United Nations University for Peace instead of UNESCO (see UNESCO response in August below)
+ July 27 - Exchange of letters with International Conference on World Peace welcoming their support for the International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
+ July 31 - Details of collection of signatures by Brahma Kumaris in India, already over 13 million
+ August - Response to letters and memos of Pierre Marchand of the Appeal of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates (see July 25 above)
+ August 13 - Lourdes "Nuit de la Paix including preparatory memos and letters for IYCP participation, program of the event and message of IYCP delivered by David Adams
+ August 18 - Memo about IYCP to Hans D'Orville, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Strategic Planning
• August 22 - Contribution to Report of Director-General: Summary list of main activities by UNESCO field offices for the first six months of the International Year for the Culture of Peace
• August 24 - Activities for IYCP in Japan: Report from Japanese National Commission for UNESCO
+ August 25 - Exchange of letters with World Assembly of Small and Medium Enterprises and their contribution to culture of peace
+ August 25 - Letter to Paula Garb at University of California Center on Global Peace and Conflict Studies regarding their contribution to IYCP
• August 29 - Letters from Director-General Koichiro Matsuura to Secretary-General Kofi Annan and from David Adams to Mairead Maguire and Pierre Marchand of Nobel Peace Laureates Foundation concerning UNESCO's role in International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence
• September - Third newsletter of CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) edited by Varoglu
• September - Newsletter of NGLS - United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service on International Year for the Culture of Peace
+ September 6 and 7 - Memos concerning restructuration of units for Culture of Peace and International Year (ICP)
+ September 10 - Memo to UNESCO Office for Benin and Togo concerning Conference on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development
+ September 11 - Message to Singapore for International Year for the Culture of Peace
• September 12 - A/55/377 (UN General Assembly document): International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World: Report of the Secretary-General - in English, French and Spanish
+ September 14-15 - Culture of Peace input to UNESCO meeting with African organizations CEDEAO, SADC and OAU
• September 15 - Chicago Peace Day ceremony: Press release and leaflet
+ September 15 to October 3 - Legal problems with the "Raelian religion" which claimed incorrectly to be recognized as messengers of the Manifesto 2000
+ September 16 - Address by Mr Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, at the Tbilisi State University, Georgia speaking of peace and peace-building and ignoring culture of peace and IYCP
+ September 18 - Exchange of letters with Maharashtra University in Pune, India, accepting invitation to come in November and deliver a lecture on the culture of peace
+ September 19 - Presentation of 60 million signatures on Manifesto 2000 to the Millennium Assembly at UN Headquarters: press releases in English and French; supplementary information; UNESCO memo; programme for Millennium Peace Day; and letter from UN resident coordinator about Manifesto in Colombia
• + September 21 - Presentation of one million signatures on Manifesto 2000 from Japan to Director-General Matsuura by the National Federation of UNESCO Associations of Japan (NFUAJ): National Press release, ceremony programme and campaign results as well as Memo to Director-General from UNESCO External Relations and summary of speech during presentation by the President of NFUAJ
• September 21 - 30 million signatures gathered by Brahma Kumaris: Description of results and methods
+ September 22 - IYCP Contribution to briefing for meeting of D-G with UN Under-Secretary- General for Disarmament Affairs
+ September 25 - Budget for the Culture of Peace News Network (CPNN)
+ September 29 - Contribution by IYCP to briefing for the Director-General for the International Forum on the Culture of Peace in Abu Dhabi
+ October 9-10 - Meeting of UNESCO Executive Board:Presentation and documentation of IYCP
• October 11 - Situation du developpement de CPNN en Amerique Latine et les Caraibes: Report by Sergio Sarmiento
+ October 11 - Response by Director-General to Federico Mayor's invitation to event in Madrid along with detailed plan of the event to take place in December.
+ October 13 - Culture of Peace at conference of International Peace Bureau
• October 19 - Catherine Deneuve presents special cinema prize for the culture of peace to Chinese Director Zhang Yuan: UNESCO press release in English, in in French and previous press announcement
+ October 19 - History of cinema prize for the culture of peace along with letter from UNESCO Director-General to Chinese Ambassador
+ October 25 - Memo about UNESCO responsibility for upcoming decade
+ November 1 - Fax to Bangladesh ambassador concerning draft resolution for Culture of Peace Decade
• November 2 - General Assembly hears 19 speakers address "culture of peace" (UN General Assembly press release), along with speech of Ambassador Chowdhury and comments of Japan
+ November 2 and 22 - Correspondence with Di Bretherton about CPNN Australia
+ November 3 - Memo from Martin Hadlow, UNESCO office in Jordan concerning development of CPNN Jordan
• November 3-16 - Site development and training mission for CPNN to Australia: Mission report by Zeynep Varoglu, along with training protocol developed by Australian team
+ November 19 - Invitation from Franc Macons to speak about culture of Peace
+ November 20 - Briefing note for Director-General's meeting with Anwarul Chowdhury
+ November 20 - Draft letter from Director-General to chairman of National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan
• November 22 - Notes from meeting on culture of peace of ODG and BSP
• November 24 - Notes from meeting of Director-General with Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury
• November 24-25 - NGO Conference for the International Year for the Culture of Peace: Programme; Workshop reports; Speeches by Director-General and Ambassador Chowdhury
• November 24 - Meeting of French NGOs in association with International NGO Conference: speech delivered by Janine D'Artois of the French National Commission for UNESCO
+ November 24 - Letter to Director-General the Fondation Appel des Prix Nobel de la Paix concerning the Decade for Culture of Peace and Nonviolence
• November 29 - A/RES/55/47 (UN General Assembly resolution):: International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010) in English and French
• November 27-December 2 - Report of mission to India (Adams) along with Adams lecture
+ December 4 - Global Summit for Peace through Tourism
+ December 5 - letter from Juan Antonio Samaranch of International Olympic Committee about their activities for the International Year of the Culture of Peace
+ December 6 - memo for information for UNESCO C4 and C5 reports
• December 6 - Memo from D. Adams to ADG/BSP requesting Unit for the Movement for a Culture of Peace
+ September 21 - Letter from Salpy Eskidjian of the World Council of Churches on the potential for synergy between the UN Decade for Culture of Peace and the World Council of Churches Decade to Overcome Violence, both scheduled for 2001-2010
• December 29 - Letter from Director-General to all National Commissions for UNESCO for the International Decade in English and French, along with followup letter from UNESCO team