--- The Social Responsibilities Round Table Of the American Library Association has
endorsed the Seville Statement, according to the coordinator, Stephen J. Stillwell, Jr.
The Round Table requested that it be endorsed by the parent body, the American Library
Association, but because of a fight centering on the censorship policies of the Israeli
government, the ALA has suspended taking decisions on international issues which led to
tabling of discussion on endorsement of the Seville Statement.

--- Clair Honigman of La Voix de L'Enfant writes from Paris that they have submitted
the Seville Statement along with other materials on human rights, especially the rights
of children, to a survey taken by the Center For International Development and Conflict
Management at the University of Maryland. The survey is collecting materials to be
used in teaching human rights to police with a focus on Latin America.

--- David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation in California writes
that the Seville Statement has been listed in a Chronology of the Nuclear Age and in a
Nuclear Age Peace Calendar as "one of the significant documents of the Nuclear Age."

--- To what extent are the phenomena of nationalism, ethnocentrism and xenophobia
derived from biological factors and to what extent are they the product of social
conditioning? A number of contributions and queries have arrived in response to this
question that was raised by excerpts from Nationalism, Ethnocentrism, and the New World
Order by Brewster Smith in the January, 1993, newsletter. As a first round in the
debate, contributions from Dr. Sigrid Hopf and Dr. Carl Sagan are enclosed with this
newsletter. Judging from comments in your letters, it is evident that the topic is
not exhausted, and it is hoped that further contributions will be submitted and
distributed in future newsletters.

--- The Culture of Peace Action Programme of UNESCO, initiated at a request of the
Executive Board in 1992 (see newsletter of January, 1993), now has a pioneer project
in El Salvador, as described in the enclosed article from the most recent issue of
UNESCO Sources. A proposal to institute the Programme as a priority for UNESCO in
1994-1995 will be considered by UNESCO‘s Executive Board and General Conference this
fall. As mentioned in the letter from UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Social
and Human Sciences, Francine Fournier in the January, 1993 newsletter, the Programme
tests some of the ideas developed on the basis of the Seville Statement of 1986 and
the Yamoussoukro Declaration of 1989. It Would establish initiatives of post—conflict
peace-building in countries which, like El Salvador, have been torn by violence, as
well as conflict prevention in countries threatened by similar conflicts.

--- In its conclusion the Seville Statement calls for "transformative tasks" needed
for a transition from war to peace, and points out that "although these tasks are
mainly institutional and collective, they also rest upon the consciousness of
individual participants..." The Culture of Peace Action Programme of UNESCO is just
such an example. Although it depends immediately on the support of UNESCO and the
rest of the United Nations system, its ultimate success will require a broad base of
support from the international community and most especially from an aware citizenry
who can demand that the transition from a culture of war to a culture of peace must
receive priority in the world today. Your comments and suggestions regarding the
Programme and its support will be welcomed.

Peace.

David Adams