BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DOCUMENTS CONCERNING CULTURE OF PEACE 1992-2001

compiled as of July 22, 2005 in the archives of David Adams
available for scholarly research at Olin Library, Wesleyan University, Middletown CT, USA

(Documents marked • are contained in Leitz folders arranged by year; documents marked + are contained in soft-cover folders; declarations marked # are contained in a separate Leitz folder)

1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | Index of personalities and organizations

Documents from 1992


+ March 4 - Minutes with personal meeting with Director-General Mayor concerning plans for dissemination of Seville Statement on Violence
+ March 24 - Initial idea for a culture of peace programme written during vacation with Lindsay in St Jean de Luz
+ April 14 - Meeting with Georges Kutukdjian to discuss idea for a culture of peace programme
• May 13 - First draft of culture of peace proposal later presented as 140 EX/28. This draft was elaborated by Adams with the help of Georges Kutukdjian and presented to Director-General Mayor on May 13. (Preface not presented to Mayor.)
• May 13 - Meeting notes of Adams with Director-General Mayor
+ May 20 - Memo to UNESCO staff for presentation of Seville Statement on Violence
+ June 23 - Meeting with Director-General to discuss presentation of culture of peace proposal to the Executive Board
+ July 6 - Agenda to complete my work at UNESCO
+ July 20 - Letter to the Director-General about Seville Statement dissemination and culture of peace proposal
+ July 20 - Meeting with Director-General Mayor and Ahmed Sayyad: with his comments on culture of peace proposal
• August 14 - 140 EX/28 Co-operation to promote a culture of peace. This initial proposal to the Executive Board was formally submitted by Mr Ahmed Sayyad.
+ September 9 - Letter from UNESCO Director-General Mayor to UN Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali suggesting that UNESCO contribute to peace in Bosnia-Herzogovina.
+ October 14 - Meeting with Director-General Mayor, Ahmed Sayyad and Georges Kutukdjian with discussion of culture of peace proposal
+ October 26 - Negative response of David Rockefeller to request for funding a culture of peace programme
• October 27 - Debate by PX Commission of the Executive Board on 140 EX/28, with unanimous approval despite some reservations by Japan and no remarks by France or Germany
• October 27 - Resolution 5.4.2 of 140th Executive Board, calling for a UNESCO, not UN programme and emphasizing strengthening of existing sectoral programmes
• + November 2 - Meeting notes of Adams and Kutukdjian with Mayor (along with draft budget and timetable) as well as a followup letter
• December 11 - Initial working document "UNESCO and the Promotion of a Culture of Peace", drafted jointly by Georges Kutukdjian and Adams and submitted to ADG/SHS
• December 15 - Letter from Alioune Traore to Adams establishing budget and contracts for 1993
• December 18 - Green Note 92/45 of Mayor establishing Traore's unit (which will pay for the budget in 1993) and placing the culture of peace under SHS