--- The first results are beginning to come in from dissemination of the
Seville Statement brochure published by UNESCO, a copy of which all of you
should have received several months ago. In the Netherlands, Piet Dijkstra
writes that he has distributed brochures to the Platform of Professional
Groups on Peace (jurists, psychologists, teachers, economists, physicians,
and biologists), and they have shown an interest to use it in their work.
In the U.S. Anne Anderson of Psychologists for Social Responsibility is
receiving requests for the brochure and passing them on to us.  And in
London, Patricia Rogers of the Council for Education in World Citizenship
has asked for a "grant request" of 20 copies to promote discussion of the
Statement in British schools and to brief possible speakers who can
represent the Statement.

--- However, we have not yet heard from most of you and would like to
know of your successes and difficulties. Although we have made available
free brochures so far, now we must begin to charge for them as indicated
on the revised order form which is enclosed. Please copy and make these
forms available to anyone who might be interested. Note that by the end
of the year we should have Spanish and Arabic editions as well. The second
English language printing has arrived and been shipped to the U.S. address
which is our distribution point. Please note that the minimum order is
five copies.

--- As indicated in the December newsletter, if you or a group cannot afford the
money required to order the brochures in bulk, you may write us with a "grant
request" in which you specify the use that will be made of the brochures, We
will then use these "grant requests" to try to obtain foundation funding. The
foundations require that we show that we have exhausted local sources for
funding first. Therefore, please try to find funding within your own organization
and country and then, if that fails, send us some documentation of the
process so we can include the information in our requests to the foundations.

--- The message of the Seville Statement continues to expand into new
countries and new disciplines. From Turkey Professor Metin Uzek writes
for our publications and wishes to take part in our activities. From
the European Civic Center for Conflict Resolution in Subotica, Yugoslavia,
Vedran Vucic has requested the brochure on the Seville Statement, and
says that he is planning to make a network of organizations and individuals
dedicated to stop violence, hatred and war. The address of the Center is
Trg cara Jovana, Nenada 15, 24000 Subotica. And from the University of
South Carolina in the U.S., Professor Harvey Starr writes that the five
propositions of the Seville Statement and explanatory notes are being
published in his text of international relations (World Politics: The
Menu for Choice. 4th edition, New York: W.H. Freeman, 1992). As far as
we know this is the first reference to the Seville Statement in one of
the major. established international relations textbooks.

--- Finally. as we enter the seventh year Of the Seville Statement
Newsletter, it is time for new ideas and input. This is especially so 
as the time is coming when we may have a second statement on violence
that broadens the agenda to include social as well as biological issues.
Please send us your ideas for new features and perspectives that might
be included, new formats that might be tried, and ways to increase the
effectiveness and the distribution of the newsletter. Especially useful
would be suggestions that make it less Euro—American centered and more
multicultural in its perspective.

Peace,

David Adams