# January - The Human Right to Peace, Declaration by the Director-General of UNESCO
+ January 6- Demand for changes to the monograph
• January 20-24 - The UNESCO-Hebrew University Second International Symposium on Science for Peace, Mission report by Adams and Forstenzer along with article, The Deep Structural Relationship between Culture of Peace and Culture of Science and the final statement of Symposium
+ January 31- UNESCO contribution to UN program on post-conflict recovery
• February 10-14 - Establishment of Culture of Peace Programme in Russian Federation (Mission report by Adams with comments by Director-General)
• February 23-25 - Experts Meeting on the Human Right to Peace, Canary Islands, Spain - Speech by J. Symonides and final recommendation
• February 28 - Letters from Nobel Peace Laureates to all Heads of State calling for International Year and Decade for a "Culture of Nonviolence"
• March - Article by D. Adams and M. True in International Peace Research Newsletter entitled "UNESCO's Culture of Peace Programme: An introduction
+ March 13- Planning for Mozambique conference on culture of peace and good governance
# March 28 - Bamako Declaration, National Forum on Culture of Peace in Mali, Bamako, Mali
• April - Second Newsletter of Culture of Peace Programme
• April 9 - Preparation of elements for draft provisional declaration and programme of action on a culture of peace for UN General Assembly: CPP Memo to sectors
• April 10 - Note from Director CPP (written by Adams): Elements on democracy and governance for Maputo Conference on Culture of Peace
+ April 21- Role of Rotary scholars in culture of peace
• April 23 - 151 EX/43: Report on the implementation of the transdisciplinary project "Towards a culture of peace"
• April 25 - Letters of Director General to the UN Secretary-General and to Mr Pierre Marchand representing Nobel Peace Laureates supporting the Campaign for the Children of the World
• April 30 - Memo from Choy Arnaldo with suggestions for programme of action (note that memos not available for suggestions received from, Katerina Stenou, Alain Modoux, Ingeborg Breines and Doudou Diene)
+ May 2 - Letter about culture of peace from the D-G to 15 Russian intellectual leaders
# May 17 - Declaration of Puebla. Meeting of Publishers and Editors of Latin American Newspapers for a Culture of Peace, Puebla, Mexico
• May 20 - Report on Mission to Strasbourg to Develop Peace-making Project with World Scout Movement (Adams)
+ May 23 - Letter from D-G to President Nelson Mandela thanking him for support to UNESCO Statement on Women's Contribution to a Culture of Peace
+ June 4 - Opposition to culture of peace programme at Executive Board with proposal for draft decision of Board
• June 4 - Preliminary version of draft provisional declaration and programme of action on a culture of peace: CPP Memo to sectors
+ June 6-8 - Oslo Meeting on Human Right to Peace
• June 12 - Note from Adams to DIR/CPP: Importance of Information/Networking for Culture of Peace
• June 16 - Note of Director-General 97/22: Implementation of the Transdisciplinary Project "Towards a Culture of Peace"
• June 20 - Note from Director of New York Office to Director of Culture of Peace Programme re culture of peace at 52nd General Assembly
• June 24 - Culture of Peace at UN General Assembly: notes from DIR/NYO and SA/LAC
• June 26 - Note from Director of New York Office to Pierre Marchand in preparation for press conference of July 1
• June 30 - Memo to Director General from Director of New York Office concerning preparations for culture of peace at ECOSOC
• June 30 - Note from Director of Geneva Office to Director of New York Office re ECOSOC deliberations on culture of peace
• July 1 - Press Conference at UNESCO with Pierre Marchand, Mairead Maguire, Adolfo Perez Esquivel and Director-General Federico Mayor (no press release issued by UNESCO and no documentation available)
• July 3 - Note from Director of New York Office to Director of Geneva Office re culture of peace at ECOSOC
# July 6 - Declaration of the Regional Summit for Political Development and Democratic Principles, Governing Globalization, The Brasilia Consensus, Brasilia, Brazil
• July 7 - Note from Director of New York Office to UNESCO Director-General re culture of peace at General Assembly, enclosing letter of Bangladesh requesting special item for culture of peace in General Assembly session
• July 11 - Memo from Director of Geneva Office of UNESCO concerning initiative of African Group at ECOSOC for culture of peace resolution, along with draft resolution
+ July 15- Memo fro Director of New York Office to Director of Geneva Office about plans for ECOSOC resolution for International Year of Culture of Peace
• July 17 - Note from Director of New York Office to Director of UNESCO Bureau of External Relations re culture of peace at General Assembly
• July 22 - Memo to Director General from Director of Geneva Office concerning ECOSOC action on resolution for International Year for the Culture of Peace
• July 22 - E/1997/47 (ECOSOC resolution): International Year for the Culture of Peace, 2000
• July 22 - Estrategia par la implementacion del Programa transdisciplinario hacia una Cultura de paz: memo to Director General from Sra Anaisabel Prera Flores
+ July 22 - Letter from D-G to UN Secretary-General about plans for Mozambique International Conference on Culture of Peace and Governance
• July 24 - A Global Culture of Peace Info-Net: Proposal given by Adams to the Director-General (along with a draft note for the Director-General to establish a unit for its implementation)
• July 25 - Letter from UNESCO Director-General to UN Secretary-General transmitting report on culture of peace
• July 31 - Letter from Pierre Marchand to Nina Sibal, Director of New York Office, concerning International Year and Decade, along with Marchand's draft for a UN resolution
• August 14 - Memo to Director General from Director of New York Office on culture of peace at 52nd General Assembly
• August 26 - 152 EX/50: contribution by the Director-General to the report of the United Nations Secretary-General on the transdisciplinary project: Towards a culture of peace
• August 27 - Culture of Peace at UN General Assembly: memo from DIR/NYO, correspondence with Pierre Marchand and draft UN resolutions
• August 28 - Memo to Director of New York Office from CPP concerning strategy at General Assembly
• September 1-4 - Conference internationale, Culture de la paix et gouvernance democratique, Maputo, Mozambique: Rapport General, Programme and Declaration
# September 4 - Maputo Declaration, adopted by the International Conference on Culture of Peace and Governance, Maputo, Mozambique
• September 4- Press Conference at United Nations: Nobel Laureates and UNESCO work together for a culture of peace and non-violence (UNESCO News)
• September 12 - Internal Co-ordinating Group of the Culture of Peace Project: Revised report
• September 18 - Memo to Director General from Director of New York Office on strategy for culture of peace at General Assembly, along with minutes from General Committee debate
• September 19 - A/52/292 (UN General Assembly Document): Towards a culture of peace: 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" with elements for a draft provisional declaration and programme of action on a culture of peace
• September 19 - Memo from Director of New York Office to CPP concerning adoption of culture of peace item by General Committee despite European Union opposition
# September 24-28 - Recommendations of the Expert Group Meeting on Male Roles and Masculinities in the Perspective of a Culture of Peace, Oslo, Norway
• September 25 - Letter from Ambassador Chowdhury to UN delegations with draft resolution and request for suggested changes
• September 30 and October 2 - Exchange of letters between representative of the European Union and Ambassador Chowdhury concerning procedure for culture of peace debate
• October - A Global Culture of Peace Info-Net given to Director-General for British funds
+ October 2 - Proposal for mission of Ibtissam Al-Basam to South Africa to establish pilot projects for culture of peace in educational institutions
• October 10 and 17 - Debate at 152nd session of Executive Board on document 152 EX/50
• October 16 - Memo to Director General from Director of New York Office concerning UN debate and procedures, including European Union opposition
• October 22 - Internal memo of New York Office concerning use of "talking points" with delegations in preparation for UN debate
• October 31 - Debate in 52nd session of UN General Assembly on culture of peace (Memo from DIR/NYO, summary for Secretary-General, Synopsis by Adams, UN press release, statements by Cuba and Bangladesh)
• November 5 - Comments by European Union on draft resolution for a culture of peace
• November 6 - Notes concerning debate in Commission V of UNESCO General Conference on culture of peace with excerpts from debate concerning the Human Right to Peace
+ November 7- Note from Director of New York Office to the Director-General mentioning my organnigramme for proposed IYCP unit
+ November 12- Speech by D-G Federico Mayor at the closure of the 29th General Conference recalling the fundamental task of UNESCO to build peace in the minds of men and women
# November 12 - Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations towards Future Generations, adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO
• November 18 - Informal consultations at UN on Declaration and Programme of Action: Memo from DIR/NYO
• November 20 - A/Res/52/13 - UN General Assembly resolution: Culture of peace
• November 20 - A/RES/52/15 - UN General Assembly resolution: The International Year for the Culture of Peace
• November 20 - Debate at UN General Assembly on resolutions A/52/13 and A/52/15
+ November 25- Memo to head of New York Office with proposed objectives, principles, values, actions and expected results of IYCP (International Year for the Culture of Peace
+ November 28- Memo to D-G from Director of New York Office re followup to adoption of two culture of peace resolutions by UN General Assembly br>+ December - UNESCO Programme and Budget for 1998-1999: 3 units on culture of peace
• December 5 - Estrategia de Programa "Hacia una Cultura de paz" para el bienio 1998-1999: memo to Director-General from Anaisabel Prera Flores
# December 5 - Declaration de Yamoussoukro pour la Paix, Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire
• December 8-9 - Moscow International Scientific-Practical Conference 'From the stereotypes of war to the ideals of peace through culture and education': mission report by Adams with comments by DIR/CPP and the Director-General, along with conference report, and speech delivered on behalf of the Director-General in Russian with English translation.
• December 13 - Personal note from Adams to the Director-General along with strategy, timetable and organigramme for International Year for the Culture of Peace (earlier notes of 29 August and 10 November)
• December 20 and January 16, 1998 - Exchange of letters between Director-General and the UN Secretary-General on implementation of UN resolutions on a culture of peace