+ January 5 - Francoise Riviere named head of culture of peace programme
+ January 5 - Correspondance with responsible of UN International Year of Thanksgiving (2000)
+ January - Changes this month in the draft Declaration and Programme of Action
• January 12 - Culture of Peace: A Universal Concept at the World Body, Keynote address by Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury at UNESCO, Paris
+ January - Changes in the draft Declaration and Programme of Action
• January 20-27, March 27 and April 3 - Missions by Adams to United Kingdom to work with United Nations Association: (mission reports of 31 January and 8 April with comments by Director-General)
+ January 21 - Green Note of Director-General establishing new departments for culture of peace
+ February 1 - Letter of Director-General to Prime Minister of Russia concerning the International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
• February 1 - Cyber Cafe at World Scout Jamboree, Chile: Mission report by Zeynep Varoglu
+ February - Changes this month in the draft Declaration and Programme of Action
+ February through June - Staffing needs for IYCP unit
+ February 9 - Schedule for visit of Director-General to United Nations New York
+ February 12 - Letter from the Director-General to the UN Secretary-General for media for IYCP
• February 16 - Meeting of Internal Co-ordinating Group for the Culture of Peace
+ February 18 - Contract with Di Bretherton to work on Culture of Peace News Network (CPNN)
+ February 22 - Second Informal Consultation on Culture of Peace Declaration and Programme of Action
+ February 22 - document about culture of peace from UNESCO Office of Public Information
+ February 26 - Seventh meeting of Task Force for the International Year of Culture of Peace (IYCP)
+ March 2 - Preparation of TV spots for IYCP
• March 3 - Letter from Director-General to President of Education International soliciting involvement in International Year for the Culture of Peace
• March 4 - Press conference to launch Manifesto 2000 - UNESCO Press Release and Press Kit
• March 5 - Meeting of International Advisory Panel for Culture of Peace: Programme and participants [summary record not available]
+ March 9 - Invitation to peace symposium at International Congress of Psychology
+ March 16 - Information for UN Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC) about plan for the launch of the IYCP along with the section on IYCP in summary of ACC conclusions
+ March 17 - Third Informal Consultation on Culture of Peace Declaration and Programme of Action
• March 18 - Director-General Green Note: Coordination of the transdisciplinary project "Towards a culture of peace"
# March 20 - Niamey Declaration for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence, Niamey, Republic of Niger
+ March 22 - Summit of Latin American radio and TV; meeting in Panama City, issues Declaration of Panama committing to a culture of peace and nonviolence
# March 22 - Declaration of Panama, meeting of Latin American Radio and Television Station Owners and Directors for a Culture of Peace, Panama City, Panama
+ March 26 - Contribution concerning the significance of the culture of peace for the year 2000 to the report "UNESCO: Horizon 2020"
+ March 26 - Draft letter for the Director-General welcoming proposal for linkage of IYCP to the "Carta de la Paz"
+ March 29-30 - Report of 10th Session of the Council of the University of Peace opened by Director-General Mayor
• March 31 - Meeting of Director-General with Mr and Mrs Pierre Marchand of the Appeal of the Nobel Peace Laureates - notes
• April to July - Letters by the Director-General soliciting involvement in the International Year for the Culture of Peace addressed to all Heads of State, Secretary-Generals of National Commissions for UNESCO, 1,000 mayors, thousands of University Presidents, UNESCO sectors and field offices and media professionals, along with Memo from Adams and Fazzino to the Director-General concerning the strategy involved.
+ April 7 - Letter to Vietnamese National Commission for UNESCO linking IYCP to the celebration of the millennium of Thang Long, now known as Hanoi
+ April 8 - Fax to Martin Hadlow, Director of UNESCO office in Jordan concerning development of Culture of Peace News Network (CPNN) in Jordan
+ April 10 - Note proposing inclusion of moderator training for CPNN in the 30C5, UNESCO plan of action
# April 12 - Tripoli Appeal for the Establishment of a Culture of Peace in Africa on the Threshold of the Third Millennium, Tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
+ April 13 - Strategy proposal for IYCP submitted by Philippe Gillieron
+ April 15 - Revised version of Draft Objectives and Programme of Activities for the International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
• April 16 - Objectives and programme of activities for the International Year for the Culture of Peace: Work in progress (Adams), along with cover notes to task force and for NGOs
• April 16 - Memo from DIR/CPP to all UNESCO Field Offices: Logo for the International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
+ April 16 - Letter from Director-General about IYCP to the Catholic Press
+ April 27 - Mobilization and Public Information Plan for IYCP Sent from UNESCO Office of Public Information to Joint United Nations Information Committee (JUNIC)
• April 28 - Mission Report to Antwerp at Invitation of Consortium of Flemish Peace Organizations Preparing for Flemish Peace Week
• April 29 - Letter concerning the culture of peace from the Director-General to First Lady Hillary Clinton, along with her reply dated July 30
+ April 29 - Memo from the Director-General to the UNESCO Courier proposing a special issue devoted to the culture of peace and non-violence
+ April 29 and May 7 - Letter from Pierre Marchand to the Director-General and their meeting in which Marchand presented his proposed draft action programme for the International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World
+ May - Letter from the Director-General to student organizations requesting their engagement in the Manifesto 2000
+ May, June and September - Correspondence with Brahma Kumaris in India about their engagement to disseminate the Manifesto 2000
+ May 6 - Paragraph prepared for D-G report to UNESCO Executive Board concerning resolution on culture of peace at the UN Commission on Human Rights
• May 6 - Fourth informal consultation of General Assembly on a draft declaration and a programme of action on a culture of peace (Memo from DIR/NYO to the Director General)
+ May 7 - Draft Article by D-G for IHT, Le Monde, El Pais
+ May 8 - Letter from Director-General to the Ambassador from El Salvador thanking him for the submission by his country of the resolution on culture of peace adopted by the UN Commission on Human Rights
+ May 8 - Letter from Director-General to the Prime Minister of Greece for the IYCP and the Manifesto 2000
+ May 10 - Fifth Informal Consultation of the UN Plenary on the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace along with revisions in the text
+ May 11 - Letter to the Direcgtor-General from the Director of the UNESCO office in Jordan concerning his meeting with Queen Noor about the IYCP and CPNN
• May 11-15 - Hague Appeal for Peace Conference: Mission report by Adams, Andersen and Boulos and Annex of participating organizations along with preparations for conference and handwritten notes of Director-General for his speech
• May 10-14 Moderator training workshop in Wolfville, Canada: Mission report by Varoglu
# May 15 - Hanoi Statement on the Culture of Peace, Hanoi, Vietnam
# May 15 - Moscow Appeal for the Year 2000, International Forum "For a culture of Peace and Dialogue between Civilizations in the Third Millennium, Moscow, Russian Federation
• May 16 - Proposal to convert NATO: Memo from Adams to the Director-General
+ May 17 and 20 - Exchange of faxes with New York Office of UNESCO regarding questions raised at the informal consultations
+ May 19 - Letter from Louis D'Amore of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism requesting a video message from the Director-General for the Global Conference: Building Bridges of Peace, Culture and Prosperity through Sustainable Tourism
# May 20 - Women of Africa for a Culture of Peace, Declaration of Pan-African Women's Conference on a Culture of Peace, Zanzibar, Tanzania
+ May 20 - Meeting with French national co-ordinator for the UNESCO Associated Schools Network concerning the IYCP, CPNN and Manifesto 2000
+ May 20 - Sixth Informal Consultation of the UN Plenary on the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace along with the draft document showing changes
+ May 21 - Strategy plan for CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) from Di Bretherton
+ May 24 - Personal note from the NYO director, Nina Sibal, showing the emerging paranoia caused by her brain tumour
+ May 26 - Feasibility report on the program of "Chinese CPNN" received from Chinese National Commission for UNESCO
+ May 28 - Meeting for decisions on IYCP media
+ June - Presentation of plan for IYCP in Mozambique by UNESCO representative in that country
+ June to September - Memos about problems of office space for IYCP team
+ June to September - Memos concerning preparation for the launch of the IYCP in September to Director-General, UNESCO Office of External Relations, Secretary of UN ACC, and Chinese Television along with draft program for the day and letters from the Director-General to all offices of UNESCO and to UNESCO partners
+ June 1 - Project for a prize for best film for culture of peace at Cannes Film festival
+ June 2 - UNESCO participation in the "Armada du Siecle" to promote culture of peace
+ June 2 - Update on State of Contracts to CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) Partners funded through the UK Funds
+ June 2 - Meeting of NYO director Nina Sibal with UNICEF giving details of IYCP and Culture of Peace Decade
• June 5 - First newsletter of CPNN edited by Zeynep Varoglu
+ June 8 - Green note of Director-General establishing the Task Force for the International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
+ June 14-15 - Seventh and eighth Informal Consultations of the UN Plenary on the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace along with my note of encouragement
• June 15-16 - Planning meeting of World Council of Churches for Decade to Overcome Violence (2001-2010), Stuttgart, Germany (mission report of Adams with Director-General's comments)
# June 16 - Policy Statement on the Achievement of a Culture of Peace through Institutions of Higher Education, International Association of University Presidents
+ June 18 - Letter of Director-General to mayors for the IYCP along with his handwritten list of mayors to receive the letter and memo to UNESCO units resposible for mayoral contacts and responses from mayors of Hiroshima, Salvador de Bahia (Brazil) and Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
• June 23 - Project of major television programme on France Television for the launch of the International Year
• June 27 - Correspondence with UNA-USA concerning proposal that they assume responsibility as National Focal Point for IYCP in USA
+ July - Preparation of manual of IYCP for all UNESCO National Commissions and Field Offices and NGO partners (See October 21 for completed manual)
• July 1 - Memo to Director-General from Adams and Fazzino concerning preparations for International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
+ July and August - Preparation of TV spots for the IYCP
+ July to November - Memos concerning the difficult task of funding the organization of the International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
+ July 5 - Letter to Malcolm Harper, director of United Nations Association of Great Britain, requesting that they not make a different text of the Manifesto
• July 7 - Memo of Director-General to all Sectors and Field Offices: Public awareness campaign and official launch of the International Year for the Culture of Peace
+ July 8 - Handwritten note of Director-General in Spanish to special advisor Prera to involve UNESCO clubs in distribution of Manifesto
• July 8-14 - 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Informal consultations at UN on Declaration and Programme of Action: Memo from DIR/NYO
• July 9-13 - World Congress of UNESCO of Clubs and Associations of UNESCO: Mission report by Micheline Boulos
+ July 13 - Letter from the Director-General accepting invitation to speak about the IYCP at the World Civil Society Conference to be held in Montreal in December
+ July 23 - Memo to unit of Education for Culture of Peace concerning materials for Education International and the kit they are preparing for IYCP
+ July 23 - Letter from Director-General Mayor to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, inviting him to take part in the launch ceremony of the IYCP
+ July 23 - 13th Informal consultation at UN on Declaration and Programme of Action
• July 23 - Letter from Director-General to Pierre Marchand concerning draft action programme for International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (along with Marchand's version and notes from their meeting on 7 May 1999)
• July 25-26 - Brainstorming meeting on strategies for a culture of peace, Soesterberg, The Netherlands - a report by Anne Adelson, along with Workshop Kit for Culture of Peace by Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
+ July 29 - Request by McDonald's to use UNESCO logo "to support the International Year for the Culture of Peace" and the eventual acceptance of the initiative by the Director-General at the urging of Tom Forstenzer despite my memo opposing it
• July 30 - Letter to all UNESCO NGOs with partnership agreement for their signature
+ July 30 - Draft Focal Point Agreement for IYCP with the United Nations Association of the UK
+ July 30 - Peace Cruise for the IYCP organized by Maria Helena Henriques Mueller, Coordinator of UNESCO programme on youth
+ July 31 - Peace Boat (Japan) as Messenger of Manifesto 2000
+ August 6 - Letter to AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) requesting them to submit enclosed funding request for CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) to Bill Gates at Microsoft
+ August 6-12 - 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th Informal consultations at UN on Declaration and Programme of Action as well as 3rd reading of the full text
+ August 7 - Letter from Sierra-Nevada College (California) proposing a training program for the Culture of Peace News Network
+ August 18 and 23 - Informal Consultations on the UN on Declaration and Programme of Action: Revision 4 and Revision 5
+ August 27 - Informal Consultations on the UN on Declaration and Programme of Action: Last and final reading of text which has already gone for translation
• August 31 - Convocation of National Retired Teachers Association, Pittsburgh, USA: Mission report by Varoglu
+ September - Article by Sue Williams in UNESCO Sources: "Towards a culture of peace"
+ September - Meeting with directors of UNESCO Sector of Natural Sciences with respect to secrecy in science
+ September to December - Memos and notes concerning the staffing of the unit for the IYCP
+ September 1 - Informal Consultations on the UN on Declaration and Programme of Action: Final compromises in the text achieved by Chairman Anwarul Chowdhury: Memo from Nina Sibal, Director of New York Office
+ September 3 - Fax from World Organization of the Scout Movement with their resolution supporting the International Year for the Culture of Peace (IYCP)
+ September 6 - Preparation of interview with UN Secretary-General for the launch of the IYCP
+ September 6 and October 15 - Letters of collaboration with the Institute for the Culture of Peace in Kazan (Russia)
+ September 6 - International NGO Conference in Seoul, South Korea, as opportunity to publicize the Culture of Peace Decade
+ September 8-17 - Mission of Zeynep Varoglu and Sergio Sarmiento to Murcia, Spain, to develop a Spanish Culture of Peace News Network (CPNN)
+ September 9 and October 27 - Correspondence with UN in New York to involve UN NGOs in the International Year for the Culture of Peace
• September 13 - Memo from Nina Sibal, NYO Director with final version of Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace, along with the debate on for its adoption by UN General Assembly
• September 13 - A/RES/53/243 (UN General Assembly resolution): Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace in English, French as well as Spanish and Russian along with a history of the definition of a culture of peace
• September 14 - Official launch of the International Year for the Culture of Peace at UNESCO: Press release and programme for event; scenario of speeches; drafts for message of Director-General in English and Spanish; and artistic program
• September 14 - Message in English of Director-General to launch IYCP
• September 14 - Synopsis of events world wide for opening day of International Year for the Culture of Peace (with comments of Director-General and update of October 27)
+ September 17 - Memo to the Director-General from Juan Chong, Director of UNESCO Office for Central America with culture of peace publications
+ September 18 - My note to Zeynep Varoglu to plan moderator training sessions for the Culture of Peace News Network (CPNN)
• September 24 - Report of mission to Barcelona for Manifesto 2000
• September 24 - 157 EX/39 - Evaluation report on the transdisciplinary project Towards a culture of peace
+ October and November - Meetings and correspondence with Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury about followup to adoption of Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace with note by Director-General on the memo from Nina Sibal at the New York office that "her writing is very frail"
+ October 6 - Partnership of UNESCO with Radio France for IYCP publicity
• October 6 - Correspondence with Promoting Enduring Peace, requesting their undertaking of National Focal Point for IYCP in US along with proposal for their participation
+ October 8 - List of NGOs that have already signed a partnership agreement for the IYCP as well as some others in consideration
+ October 9 - Article in Le Monde about battle for the succession as UNESCO Director-General
• October 10-16 - Seoul International Conference of NGOs: mission report by Gosselin and Fazzino
+ October 15 - My assessment of proposal to publish a book about culture of peace by Adnan Nasrawin
+ October 19 - Article entitled "Sharing Responsibilities in a Culture of Peace" in the Conflict Prevention Newsletter published by the European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation
• October 21-27 - Cover letters from Director-General and DIR/CPP to UN Secretary-General, UNESCO Field Offices, National Commissions for UNESCO and UN Resident Coordinators for distribution of Manual for National Focal Points for the International Year for the Culture of Peace (with English version of Manual divided here in 3 parts: Manual-1, Manual-2 and Manual-3)
• October 27 - Partnership agreement with UNA-UK as National Focal Point in UK, along with memo to Director-General, letter from Prime Minister Tony Blair, and report of activities for IYCP in the UK
• October 29-30 - Administrative Committee on Coordination of United Nations (ACC): Excerpts of notes from its Second Regular Session for 1999 including item concerning Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace
• November - 30th General Conference: Synopsis of plenary remarks by Member States concerning culture of peace along with resolution adopted and texts of comments by 87 Member States
+ November - Letter of farewell as Federico Mayor leaves the post of director-general
+ November - First mission of Ikuyo Hasuo to Japan to mobilize for IYCP and CPNN: Correspondence with the National Federation of UNESCO Associations of Japan (NFUAJ) and Kanagawa Prefecture, memos from Directors of Cabinet and Culture of Peace Program (CPP), and regular reports from her during her mission
+ November 15 - Speech by Koichiro Matsuura on the occasion of his installation as UNESCO Director-General with no mention of the culture of peace
• November 17 - UNESCO Programme and Budget 2000-2001 approved by the General Conference: paragraph 05101 - International Year for the Culture of Peace
• November 20-27 - Moderator training for Culture of Peace News Network (CPNN) in Jordan: Mission report by Bretherton
+ December 2-4 - Mission report to International Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece, Towards a culture of human rights and peace - the role of universities
# December 2-4 - Towards a Culture of Human Rights and Peace: The Role of Universities, an International Conference organised by the Unesco Chair of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
# December 10-11 - Declaration sur la Culture de la Paix au Cambodge, Phnom Penh
• December 18 - Letter from New Haven Peace Commission in USA, with official statement for IYCP by Governor of State of Connecticut
+ December 20 - Proposed calendar of events for the IYCP involving the Director-General in the year 2000
• December 30 - Second newsletter of CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) edited by Zeynep Varoglu
+ December 31 - Proposal for followup to Jomtien Conference for Education for All to guarantee access to internet in all classrooms of the world