• January 1 - Message from the Director-General on the occasion of the International Year for the Culture of Peace
• January - The Manifesto 2000 in 44 languages: brochures for 8 of them
• January - Kit distributed by Education International for the International Year for the Culture of Peace, distributed to 295 national unions in 152 countries with 24 million teachers (filed with books)
• March 14 to April 9 - Report of mission for CPNN to South America by Sergio Sarmiento
• March 20 - American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) "mailgram" to retired teachers including information on IYCP, along with background Memorandum of Understanding and note to Director-General dating from March 1998 [note that AARP has 35 million members]
• April 6 - Site development of CPNN in Jordan: Mission report by Zeynep Varoglu
• April 18-28 - Mission concerning culture of peace and non-violence in the Russian Federation (Moscow-Kazan-Elabuga): report by Adams and DIR/MOS (Reuther)
• April 26 - National Council of Churches of USA: Partnership agreement, brochure for IYCP, and endorsement by Presbyterian Church
• May 4 - 159 EX/37 - Strategy paper by the Director-General on the place of UNESCO in the United Nations system-wide actions on the culture of peace
• May 12 - Circular letter to all ASP Schools for International Year for the Culture of Peace
• May 19 - 159th Executive Board: Analysis of debate on culture of peace
• June 6-14 - Site development and moderator training for CPNN in China: Mission report by Varoglu (with report of training by Chinese)
• June 21 - Summary of involvement of National Commissions for UNESCO for the first six months of the International Year for the Culture of Peace
• July 25 - Letters from Pierre Marchand and Mairead Maguire of the Appeal of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, all Nobel Peace Laureates - diffused widely by Internet
• August 22 - Contribution to Report of Director-General: Summary list of main activities by UNESCO field offices for the first six months of the International Year for the Culture of Peace
• August 24 - Activities for IYCP in Japan: Report from Japanese National Commission for UNESCO
• August 29 - Letters from Director-General Koichiro Matsuura to Secretary-General Kofi Annan and from David Adams to Ambassador Chowdhury and to Mairead Maguire and Pierre Marchand of Nobel Peace Laureates Foundation concerning UNESCO's role in International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence
• September - Third newsletter of CPNN (Culture of Peace News Network) edited by Varoglu
• September - Newsletter of NGLS - United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service on International Year for the Culture of Peace
• September 12 - A/55/377 (UN General Assembly document): International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World: Report of the Secretary-General
• September 15 - Chicago Peace Day ceremony: Press release and leaflet
• September 19 - Presentation of 60 million signatures for a culture of peace to President of UN General Assembly: UNESCO press release
• September 21 - Presentation of one million signatures on Manifesto 2000 from Japan to Director-General Matsuura by the National Federation of UNESCO Associations of Japan: Press release, ceremony programme and campaign results
• September 21 - Signatures gathered by Brahma Kumaris: Description of results and methods
• October 11 - Situation du développement de CPNN en Amérique Latine et les Caraibes: Report by Sergio Sarmiento
• October 19 - Catherine Deneuve presents special cinema prize for the culture of peace to Chinese Director Zhang Yuan: UNESCO press release
• November 2 - General Assembly hears 19 speakers address "culture of peace" (UN General Assembly press release), along with speech of Ambassador Chowdhury and comments of Japan
• November 3-16 - Site development and training mission for CPNN to Australia: Mission report by Zeynep Varoglu, along with training protocol developed by Australian team
• November 22 - Notes from meeting on culture of peace of ODG and BSP
• November 24 - Notes from meeting of Director-General with Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury
• November 24-25 - NGO Conference for the International Year for the Culture of Peace: Programme; Workshop reports; Speeches by Director-General and Ambassador Chowdhury
• November 24 - Meeting of French NGOs in association with International NGO Conference: speech delivered by Janine D'Artois of the French National Commission for UNESCO
• November 29 - A/RES/55/47 (UN General Assembly resolution):: International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010)
• November 27-December 2 - Report of mission to India (Adams)
• December 6 - Memo from D. Adams to ADG/BSP requesting Unit for the Movement for a Culture of Peace
• December 29 - Letter from Director-General to all National Commissions for UNESCO for the International Decade