+ January 1 - 28C/5 UNESCO Approved Programme and Budget for 1996-1997 - section Towards a culture of peace
+ January 4 - Letter from the Director-General to the UN Secretary-General about results of Philippine Forum on the Culture of Peace
+ January 4 - Potential for culture of peace in Colombia
+ January 22 - Note to UN Inspector-General with comments on culture of peace for JIU Report on Conflict Prevention
+ February and March - Requests for monograph from German National Commission and Washington office
+ February 16 - Comments of Sema Tanguiane on 28th General Conference
• February 19 - Note from Adams to DIR/CPP: OECD Ad Hoc Working Group on Participatory Development and Good Governance
• February 20 - Letter to Russian delegation concerning meeting for culture of peace in Russia - along with previous correspondence of December 18, November 17 and June 23, 1995.
+ February 23 - Note about Parliamentarians for Global Action
+ March to May - Correspondence with Michael Wessells, Psychologists for Social Responsibility concerning request for 300 copies of Culture of Peace Monograph for them to send to all members of US Congress (with note that the CPP Unit never sent the promised copies)
+ March 22 - Meeting of CPP with National Commission Secretaries-General
• March 25 - Note from Adams to DIR/CPP: Proposal for an International Institute for the Culture of Peace (along with earlier notes on training dated January 9 and August 30, 1995)
+ March 25 - Note proposing culture of peace as theme of XXI Century
+ March 27 - Project proposed by Mr Ehsan Naraghi
• March 28 - 149 EX/23: Recent decisions and activities of the organizations of the United Nations system of relevance to the work of UNESCO
+ April 5 - Meetings with Henning Zierock of German Culture of Peace Society
• April 9-12 - International Roundtable on Development Cooperation as Preventive Peace Policy, Berlin (mission report by Adams)
• April 29 - Executive Board opposes disarmament education: Excerpts from debate of 149 Executive Board
+ May 1 - Note about my discussions during trip to USA
• May 13 and June 7 - Notes from Adams to DIR/CPP concerning initiative with OECD
• May 20-22 - International Forum on Education for Non-Violence, Sintra, Portugal: Mission report by Adams, Savolainen and Smirnov, with Guidelines for a Plan of Action
# May 20-23 - Final Communique, Symposium on Conflict Resolution. The Humanitarian Dimension - The Case of the Sudan, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
• June 4-5 - UNRISD War-Torn Societies Donor Consultation, Geneva: Mission report by Adams
+ June 5 - Director-General presents culture of peace to French National Assembly
• June 12 - Symposium of military institutions, "From partial insecurity to global security", UNESCO, Paris
+ June 13 - Proposal for a D-G Green Note about transdisciplinary activities
• June 26-27 - Central American Military Forum for a Culture of Peace (with poem from Francisco Lacayo to the Director-General)
# June 26-27 - Declaration of the Central American Military Forum for the Culture of Peace, San Salvador
• July - The UNESCO Culture Of Peace Programme In El Salvador: An Initial Report, by Francisco Lacayo Parajon, Mirta Lourenco and David Adams, International Journal of Peace Studies, Volume 1, Number 2, pages 1-20
+ July 8 - Memo proposing culture of peace involvement in UNESCO International Conference on Adult Education
• July 10 - Transmission letter of Director General to the Secretary-General for UNESCO culture of peace report
• July 15 - Memo to Director General from Director of New York Office, Nina Sibal, concerning her activities to support culture of peace at UN
• July 18 - Memo to Director of Human Rights Division from Director of New York Office requesting a draft resolution for General Assembly
• July 18 - Bosnia CPP Project by Dr Manuel Carballo
• July 22 - Director-General note: Women and the Culture of Peace
+ July 25 and 29 - Notes to Director-General requesting a post for followup to Sintra Meeting and sending mission report with recommendations
# July 30 - Declaracion de Antigua Guatemala sobre Derechos Humanos y Cultura de Paz, Foro lbero-americano de Ombudsmen, Antigua Guatemala
+ July 31 - Proposal for addition to JIU Report on Development Cooperation
+ August 30 - Followup to Sintra Meeting for funding
• September 6 - Letter to Mr Sakharov of Russian Delegation concerning culture of peace in Russia
• September 18 - Internal memo of New York office concerning El Salvador's initiative for UN culture of peace resolution
• September 23 - A/51/395 (UN General Assembly Document): Report of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on educational activities under the project "Towards a culture of peace"
+ October 15 to January 17, 1997 - Followup to Sintra meeting: Appointment and activities of Ibtissam Al-Bassam
+ October 28 - Request for monograph from International Fellowship of Reconciliation
• November 9-17 - Report on mission to Southern California (Adams)
• November 25-27 - Introduction and adoption of resolution at UN General Assembly (Memo from DIR/NYO)
+ December - International Congress of Demobilized Soldiers: This Congress, foreseen by the 1995 UNESCO General Conference was cancelled at the last minute by Mozambique President Chissano, but here is the Background document prepared by Elizabeth Sancery for the Congress
• December 2 - First Newsletter of Culture of Peace Programme with cover letter by DIR/CPP
• December 9, 16 and 17 - Meetings of Transdisciplinary Project for a Culture of Peace: Meeting notes
• December 12 - A/RES/51/101: (UN General Assembly resolution): Culture of peace along with proposal from CPP sent to the New York Office in July
+ December 13- Letter to D-G from US General Wesley Clark requesting participation in military conference about human rights
• December 17 - Lessons drawn from failures of the culture of peace programme 1993-1996 (Adams - not distributed at the time)