• January - Design of Web Pages for Info-Net (9 pages in bitmap form)
+ January 5 - Personal note from D-G asking me to work on UNESCO chairs for culture of peace
+ January 19 - Memo from CPP on followup to UNGA resolutions on culture of peace
• January 22 - Draft Programme and Budget for Culture of Peace in Russian Federation 1998-99
• January 23 - Letter from the Director-General to Ambassador Chowdhury thanking him for his leadership in the UN resolutions on a culture of peace
+ January 27 - Remarks on culture of peace by NYO director at conference in Tokyo
+ January 30 - Press release about D-G trip to India and the message of Gandhi
# February - Declaration on "The Dialogue among the Three Monotheistic Religions: Towards a Culture of Peace", Rabat, Morocco
+ February - Three memos from NYO Director and D-G response concerning proposal for an ACC Task Force at the United Nations for the culture of peace
+ February 9 - Thank you letters to countries supporting culture of peace at UN General Assembly
• February 9 - Second Meeting of Internal Co-ordinating Group of the Culture of Peace Project: draft minutes with comments of Director-General; and Projet de strategie transdisciplinaire et intersectorielle concernant le Programme de la Culture de la Paix -(SA/LAC - Ms Prera-Flores)
+ February 12 - Memos from CPP requesting inputs for report on culture of peace for UN General Assembly to all UNESCO sectors and delegations of Member States
• February 14 - Letter from Director-General to all heads of UN specialized agencies soliciting their inputs for UN Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace
+ February 16 - Memo to Social Science Sector for culture of peace input to International Panel on Democracy and Development
+ February 19 - Letter of Director-General to President of Mozambique announcing launching of Demos-Africa
+ February 20 - Ramapo (USA) College Students and faculty learn about culture of peace
+ February 23 - Proposals for culture of peace strategy from Ambassador Sahnoun and from Ingeborg Breines (UNESCO unit for women and culture of peace)
+ February 24 - Letter of Director-General to Samara University (Russia) welcoming their proposal for a culture of peace center
• February 26 - Letter of Director-General to the Appeal of the Nobel Peace Laureates supporting their proposal International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence contained in 3 letters in January
+ February 28 - Memo to NYO with briefing for UN Executive Committee
+ March 3 - Presentation of culture of peace by NYO to UN Development Group
+ March 3 - Culture of Peace Staffing needs
• March 3 - Meeting of Director-General with Enzo Fazzino and Philippe Gilleron from the Eiffel Tower, with Planet Society 2100 project prepared as a result
• March 5 - Meetings on culture of peace with permanent delegations by region (note to Director-General)
• March 6 - Involvement of UN Executive Committees in preparation of Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace: Memos to Director-General and DIR/NYO
+ March 6 and April 8 - Proposal by NYO for culture of peace at UN Millennium Assembly in 1999
+ March 6 - Memo from Advisor Ould Deida re culture of peace in Africa with elements for a resolution at summit of African heads of state
+ March 10 - Update on preparations for IYCP and UN declaration and programme of action
+ March 11 - Memo from NYO about presentation of culture of peace to UN Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs
+ March 12 - International forum for culture of peace to be held in Kishinev, Moldova
+ March 18 - Memo to D-G with preliminary consolidated report to the UN
+ March 18 - Planet Club project for culture of peace with the Eiffel Tower by Enzo Fazzino passing through Anaisabel Prera
• March 25 - Green note of Director General 98/17: Task Force for the International Year for the Culture of Peace
+ March 25 - Meeting of Director-General with Executive Director of American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), along with followup initiatives with AARP in April, September and October
• April - Replies from Inter-Governmental Organizations (UN agencies, etc) used in preparation of draft Programme of Action for the Culture of Peace [in a separate Leitz binder]
+ April and May - Personal exchanges with Nina Sibal, Director of New York office
+ April, May and November - Letter from Ambassador Chowdhury and memos from New York Office of UNESCO proposing that UNESCO Director-General come to New York to speak on culture of peace at UN General Assembly
+ April 2 - Account of mediation to attempt a resolution of conflict within the Culture of Peace Programme
• April 2 - Executive Board document 154 EX/42: Preliminary consolidated report to the United Nations on a culture of peace
# April 2 - Action Plan on Cultural Policies for Development, adopted by the Intergovernmental Conference on Cultural Policies for Development, Stockholm, Sweden
+ April 3 - D-G accepts invitation to Hague Peace Conference to take place in May 1999
+ April 6 - My draft for decision by Executive Board on culture of peace
• April 6 to August 30, 1999, minutes from nine meetings of the Task Force for the International Year for the Culture of Peace
+ April 10 - Personal note from D-G to Anaisabel Prera and to me for IYCP
+ April 14 - ECOSOC Commission on Human Rights resolution on culture of peace
+ April 16 - Letter of Director-General to Russian Minister of Nationality and Federative Relations for followup to December 1997 conference in Moscow
+ April 17 - Invitation to Shashi Tharoor, Executive Assistant to UN Secretary-General to discuss culture of peace document at UNESCO Executive Board
+ April 17 - Appreciative response of Director-General to German National Commission for their initiatives for the IYCP
# April 17 - Declaration of the Central American Military Second Forum for the Culture of Peace, adopted at Guatemala City
+ April 19 - IYCP Task Force: Membership, Work Plan and Budgetary and Staffing Requirements
# April 20-24 - The Durban Statement of Commitment, Seventh Conference of Ministers of Education of African Member States (MINEDAF VII), Durban, South Africa
• April 21 - Report on the evaluation of the project "Culture of Peace, Support of radio services for non-formal education, training and information for Salvadorian women" by Ansgar Eussner
+ April 23 - Letter to Connie Peck, UNITAR Programme on Peacemaking and Preventive Diplomacy
# April 25 - Statement on the Role of UNESCO Chairs in the Promotion of a Culture of Peace, Stadtschlaining, Austria
+ April 29 - Workplans for funds allotted to culture of peace info-net
+ April 30 - Demand for a report to ECOSOC on the IYCP
+ May 2 - Meeting of Director-General with UN Secretary-General, including discussion of culture of peace
# May 3 - The Carribean Media: Freedom and Understanding, Kingston, Jamaica
• May 5 - Letter to Director-General from Secretary General of Russian National Commission for UNESCO with account of Russian national pilot project for culture of peace (with response from Director-General dated June 10)
• May 5 - Debate at 154th session of Executive Board on 154 EX/42, along with 154 EX/decision 8.5.
• May 7 - Draft programme of activities in 1998-1999 in preparation for the International Year for the Culture of Peace (2000) - report from IYCP Task Force to the Director-General
• May 8-9 - Mission report from organizing committee meeting of the Hague Appeal for Peace, Geneva (Adams)
# May 12-13 - Final Communique of the meeting "Building the Future: Towards a Culture of Peace, Greece-Turkey****Turkey-Greece", UNESCO, Paris
• May 12, 18 and June 2 - Press releases about D-G and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Forum at Chisinau (Kishinev), Moldova, and young African activists
+ May 14 - CPP report for document 30 C/3, UNESCO Activities 1996-1997
+ May 14 - Personal note from Director-General regarding Culture of Peace Decade
+ May 14 - Meetings with UNESCO permanent delegations about culture of peace
+ May 14 to July 7 - Series of memos between UNESCO Paris and New York on changes needed in draft report to the UN on culture of peace
+ May 15 - Letter to Russian Professor Timofeev about his book, "Social Change and Culture of Peace"
+ May 15 - Culture of Peace at Ministerial Meeting of Non-Aligned Movement meeting in Cartagena, Colombia
# May 18 - The Kishinev Declaration and Programme of Action in Support of the Transition from a Culture of War and Violence to a Culture of Peace and Dialogue, adopted by the International Forum For a Culture of Peace and Dialogue of Civilisations, Against a Culture of War and Violence Kishinev, Republic of Moldova
• May 20 - E/1998/52 (ECOSOC decision): Coordination, programme and other questions: International Year for the Culture of Peace, 2000
+ May 21 - Presentation of culture of peace to UN Executive Committee on Peace and Security
+ May 27 - Involvement of World Scout Movement in culture of peace
+ June to November - Extensive correspondence with Pierre Marchand concerning formulation and objectives of UN Decade for Culture of Peace
+ June 1 - Letter from Gujarat Vidyafith, founded by Gandhi, re International Decade for Culture of Peace and Non-violence
+ June 1 - Establishment of post of administrative officer for culture of peace
+ June 2 - Culture of Peace at UN Department of Economic and Social Administration contributed by Gay Rosenblum-Kumar
+ June 3 - Note concerning Culture of Peace Newsletter Issue No. 3
• June 4 - Meeting of UNESCO focal points for culture of peace
# June 8-10 - Decision on the Culture of Peace, adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso
+ June 10 - Letter from Director-General to Russian Commission for UNESCO about the national pilot project "The Culture of Peace in Russia - Year 2000"
+ June 10 - Letter from the Director-General to War Resister's International responding to their request for collaboration on projects for culture of peace
• June 19 - Memo from DIR/NYO (Sibal) proposing changes in UN documents, with comments of Director-General June 24 and response of D. Adams July 7, as well as memo of 20 June describing process of arriving at previous version
• 23-26 June Mission Report from Meeting of International Peace Research Association, Durban, South Africa
+ June 30, July 9 and August 7 - Memos from NYO Director concerning International Decade for Culture of Peace and Non-Violence
+ July - Changes at the UN in the draft Declaration and Programme of Action for Culture of Peace
• July - Report of CPP - Action de l'Unesco sur la culture de la paix au Burundi 1994-1998
• July - Letter from Director-General to all heads of national parliaments inviting their participation in International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
• July 1 - Letter from Director-General to Mr Pierre Marchand concerning title of proposed International Decade
# July 5 - "Fostering a culture of peace in the Middle East", Statement of Israeli-Palestinian Conference on Public Opinion Molders, Rhodes, Greece
+ July 6 - Letter from Paul van Tongeren of European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation proposing collaboration on IYCP
+ July 7 - Letter to ECOSOC about Culture of Peace Decade transmitted from Bangladesh and then withdrawn
+ July 9 - Letter from the Director-General to the UN Secretary-General submitting the draft Consolidated Report containing a Draft Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace
• July 17 - Third Meeting of the Culture of Peace Internal Co-ordinating Group: Compte rendu
• July 20 - Memo from Director-General to all UNESCO field offices 98/40: The International Year for the Culture of Peace (2000)
• July 21 - Exchange of correspondence between Nina Sibal, Anwarul Chowdhury and Pierre Marchand concerning title of proposed International Year and Decade
+ July 21 - Memo from Moscow Office about Russian support for IYCP
• July 21/23 - Memos to the Director-General from Adams with media budget and proposing Enzo Fazzino as coordinator of public awareness strategy for the International Year for the Culture of Peace (with comments by Director-General)
+ July 24 - Meeting to analyze proposal of project with Eiffel Tower for IYCP
• July 28 - Memo from SA/LAC (Ms Prera Flores): Strategie de communication, information et diffusion de l'An 2000 Annee internationale de la Culture de la paix.
+ July 26 - Letters about UNESCO project for culture of peace resolution, sent to Juergen Dedring, political officer at UN Dept of Humanitarian Affairs and to Matthias Stieffel, chief of United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
+ July 27 - Memo from advisor Sema Tangiane to Director-General with suggestions about International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
• July 28 - E/1998/14 (ECOSOC resolution): International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)
+ July 29 - Letter from Director-General to French President Jacques Chirac requesting him to be the master of ceremonies for the launch of the IYCP
• July 30 - Synopsis of "informals" at ECOSOC on resolutions for Year and Decade
• July 31, E/1998/38 (ECOSOC resolution): International Year for the Culture of Peace, 2000
+ August 3 - Decision of Director-General to name Enzo Fazzino as responsible for public awareness strategy of International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
+ August 11 - CPP contributions to the Draft Programme and Budget for 2000-2001 (30/C5)
• August 11 and September 2 - Executive Board document 155 EX/49 - Consolidated report to the United nations on a culture of peace
# August 12 - Lisbon Declaration on Youth Policies and Programmes, World Conference of Ministers responsible for youth, Lisbon, Portugal
+ August 18 - Invitation to conference on culture of peace in Boston sponsored by Soka Gakkai
• August 18 - Note from Director of Bureau of External Relations to Director of Culture of Peace Programme, with revised version of ECOSOC resolution E/1998/L.38
# August 20 - Appeal by the Participants of the Second International Symposium "For a Culture of Peace in the Third Millennium", Baden-Baden, Germany,
• August 25 - Application for Turner Funds for International Year: Memo to Director-General with copy of funding proposal
• August 28 - Note to Director-General from Adams with outline for document for UN Administrative Committee of Coordination (ACC)
+ August 28 - Initiatives by UNESCO Youth Division for the culture of peace
+ September to November - Memos concerning staffing and space needs for International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
• September - Letter from Director-General to all National Commissions for UNESCO and all permanent delegations inviting their participation in International Year for the Culture of Peace
+ September to December - Origins of Manifesto 2000 with Enzo Fazzino, Pierre Marchand and Nobel Laureates
• September 2 - UN General Assembly resolution A/53/370: Consolidated report containing a draft declaration and programme of action on a culture of peace (same as 155 EX/49 dated August 11)
# September 3 - Final Document of the XIIth Summit of Non-Aligned Movement, Durban, South Africa (paras 37, 183 and 473)
+ September 4 - Press release: Nobel Laureates and UNESCO Work Together for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence
• September 7 - Discussion paper on culture of peace for October meeting of ACC (submitted to Director-General but never forwarded to ACC)
• September 9 - Letters from Director-General to heads of UN specialized agencies with regard to the UN Programme of Action
# September 12 - Statement on Peace in Southeast Asia on the Eve of the Third Millennium, adopted by the meeting of ASEAN, Jakarta
• September 14 -Executive Board document 155 EX/48 - Evaluation report on the transdisciplinary project Towards a culture of peace
+ September 14 and October 21 - Exchange of letters with Maurice Strong of the Earth Council requesting his support for funding request for IYCP to the Turner Fund
# September 16 - Tbilisi Declaration by Journalists of the Caucasus, Tbilisi, Georgia
+ September 24 - Letter to Director-General from permanent delegation regarding contribution of Papua New Guinea to International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
+ September 24 - Second Meeting of Task Force of Focal Points to Mobilize Partners for the International Year for the Culture of Peace
• September 25 - Meeting of Director-General with Pierre Marchand: Briefing and compte rendu
• September 28 - Executive Board decision 155 EX/50 - The culture of peace and UNESCO's action in member States
+ September 30 - Launch of Latin American Network of Newspapers for a Culture of Peace (REDIPAZ)
+ October 1 - Letter of Director-General to UNESCO field offices liaison offices and institutes requesting proposals for logo for International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
+ October 2 - Proposal by Ingeborg Breines (WCP) for a summer school for culture of peace
+ October 6 - First Allotment of funds for Activities for IYCP
• October 7 - Memo to Director General from Enzo Fazzino: Strategie de sensibilisation du public for IYCP
• October 8 - World Conference on Higher Education: notes from session on culture of peace, letter to participants from Director-General and memo to Director-General with documents for kit distributed to Conference, including Director-General's Message, concept paper, and synopsis of background document
# October 9 - World Declaration on Higher Education for the Twenty-First Century, adopted by the World Conference on Higher Education, UNESCO House, Paris, France,
+ October 9 - Meeting with Chinese National Commission about their preparations for IYCP
# October 13 - The Brussels Call for Action, adopted by the International Conference - Sustainable Disarmament for Sustainable Development, Brussels, Belgium,
+ October 13 - Initiative of Universal Postal Union for IYCP
• October 13 - Note from Director of New York Office to UNESCO Director-General re culture of peace at General Assembly
+ October 14 - Letter to UNOY about Global Youth Peacebuilding Conference to take place in May 1999
+ October 15 - Memo to Director-General from advisor Sema Tanguiane concerning engagement of mayors in IYCP
+ October 19 - Meeting with Russian National Commission concerning involvement in IYCP
+ October 19 - Strategy for National Action Plans for IYCP
+ October 21 - Message of UN Secretary-General for Press Kit of International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
+ October 22 - Meeting with Philippines National Commission concerning involvement in IYCP
+ October 22 - Memo from NYO Director concerning connection between culture of peace and theme of globalisation
• October 22 - Letter from Director-General to all Nobel Peace Laureates inviting them to take part in International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
+ October 30 - Exchange of letters with French Association of Mayors for Peace concerning activities for the IYCP
• October 30 - 155th Executive Board: Description of debate on document 155 EX/49
• October 30 - Executive Board document 155 EX/INF.9 - The Culture of peace and UNESCO's action in Member States: communications received in support of the transdisciplinary project Towards a culture of peace
+ November 4 - Remarks about culture of peace by Ambassador Chowdhury in UN meeting on Rights of the Child
• November 6 - 155 Executive Board debate in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, along with Decision 9.6: The culture of peace and UNESCO's action in Member States (the Tashkent Declaration) and elements for Director-General's speech
# November 6 - The Culture of Peace and UNESCO's Action in Member States, adopted by Executive Board of UNESCO, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• November 10 - Debate in UN General Assembly on culture of peace, including speech of Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury speeches by President of General Assembly; Ambassadors of Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica; and representatives of India and China
• November 10 - UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/53/25: International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)
+ November 12 - UN General Assembly resolution on Follow-up to the UN Year for Tolerance requests UNESCO to include reference to this its report on the culture of peace to be submitted to the Millennium Assembly
• November 12-16 - Report from mission to Japan at invitation of National Federation of UNESCO Associations of Japan (Adams)
# November 14 - Moscow Declaration of Journalists for a Culture of Peace, Moscow, Russian Federation
+ November 30 - Letter of Director-General to Pax Christi with parrainage of UNESCO for their culture of peace initiative
+ December 1 - Handwritten note of Director-General authorizing TV spots for IYCP
• December 2 - First informal consultation at United Nations concerning Draft Declaration and Program of Action for the Culture of Peace (Memo from DIR/NYO to the Director General)
• December 31 - Message du Directeur General pour l'Annee Internationale de la Culture de la Paix