AGENDA OF UNESCO'S ACTIVITIES CONCERNING
THE PROMOTION OF A NEW APPROACH TO SECURITY

1994

12-14 May
Seminar on peacekeeping and peace-building at the Institute of Science, Literature and Art. (Venice, Italy)

1995

25-27 January
International colloquium on the right to humanitarian assistance, organized by UNESCO. (Paris, UNESCO Headquarters)

3-4 April
Inter-American symposium on 'Security for Peace: peace-building and peace-keeping' organized by UNESCO, the Organization of American States and the Inter-American Defense College. (Washington, D.C., USA)

10 June
The Director-General of UNESCO delivered the closing address at the 47th National Session of the French Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale (IHEDN) on the theme 'A new approach to security'. (Paris, École Militaire)

13 June
African and Malagasy International Session of IHEDN hosted by UNESCO. (Paris, UNESCO Headquarters)

25-29 September
Regional seminar for the countries of Central Asia on international humanitarian law and the law on protection of cultural property, organized in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

October
Establishment in UNESCO of an informal group to consider the new approach to security, whose work was published in 1997 under the title 'What kind ofsecurity?'

7 October
European Session of IHEDN hosted by UNESCO. (Paris, UNESCO Headquarters)

18-19 December
Colloquium on 'Wars and peace in the twenty-first century', organized by the French Fondation pour les Études de Défense as part of the UNESCO fiftieth anniversary celebrations. The opening speech by the Director-General of UNESCO was published in April 1996 in the journal Défense nationale. (Paris, UNESCO Headquarters)

1996

10 January
The Director-General of UNESCO gave a lecture at Italy's Centro di Alti Studi per la Difesa (CASD) on 'UNESCO and the Culture of Peace'. Signature of a protocol of intent with CASD concerning collaboration between the armed forces of the northern and southern Mediterranean in the fields of telemedicine, civil defence and safeguarding the environment and the cultural heritage.
(CASD Headquarters, Rome, Italy)

May
UNESCO participation in three national seminars organized by the ICRC on 'International Humanitarian Law and the Law on Protection of Cultural Property'. (Azerbaijan (6-7 May), Armenia (9-10 May) and Georgia (13-14 May)

12-14 June
International symposium on the theme 'From Partial Insecurity to Global Security', organized jointly by UNESCO and IHEDN, in cooperation with Italy's Centro di Alti Studi per la Difesa (CASD), Spain's Centro Superior de Estudios de la Defensa Nacional (CESEDEN) and the Institute for Security Studies of the Western European Union (WEU). (Paris, UNESCO Headquarters)

26-27 June
First Central American Military Forum on the Culture of Peace. Adoption of a Declaration signed by the Ministers of Defence and the Commanders-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.1 (San Salvador, El Salvador)

16-27 September
Participation of UNESCO in a seminar organized by the Institute for Security Studies of the WEU and CASD on the theme 'Europe and its neighbours: reflections on a common security policy'. (Rome, Italy)

28 October
Participation of UNESCO in the first Ibero-American Conference on Peace and 1 November Conflict Management. (Santa Fé de Bogota, Colombia)

December
Declaration of the Director-General of UNESCO on the human right to peace.

1997

4-6 February
Keynote speech by the Director-General on 'The armed forces, democracy and human rights on the threshold of the twenty-first century', at the Second Conference on Human Rights, organized jointly by the United States Southern Command and the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIHR). (Miami, USA)

12-14 March
Participation of UNESCO in a meeting on 'NATO in the International Security System' organized by the Académie de la Paix et de la Sécurité Internationale. (Monte Carlo, Monaco)

14 March
Conference of Ms M. Goucha on 'The Contribution of Culture and Education as Factors of Peace in the Peace Process'. (École Normale Supérieure de la rue d'Ulm, Paris, France)

14-15 April
Participation of UNESCO in the meeting on 'The Mediterranean, a challenge for Europe' organized jointly by the Centre d'Étude et de Prospective Stratégique (France), the Centre d'Étude de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (Belgium) and the Military Strategic Studies Centre (Italy). (Paris, France)

24-26 April
Participation of UNESCO in the meeting of Chiefs of Staff of the armed forces of member countries of the Non-Aggression and Defence Assistance Agreement (ANAD). (Niamey, Niger)

12-13 May
Participation of UNESCO in the Second Annual Strategic Meeting organized by the French Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS). (Enghien-les-Bains, France)

11-13 June
Information mission to UN Headquarters on UNESCO's activities concerning the promotion of a new approach to security. (New York, USA)

2-4 July
Participation of UNESCO in the regional seminar organized by the Groupe d'Étude et de Recherches sur la Démocratie et le Développement Économique et Social (GERDDES-Africa) on the role of the armed forces in the democratic process. (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)

2-4 September
Participation of UNESCO at the Third International Conference on new or re-established democracies organized by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania and the United Nations Development Programme. (Bucharest, Romania)

16-29 September
Participation of UNESCO in the Regional Session of the Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale (IHEDN) on 'Defence and Security Issues'. (First session)

26-27 September
Participation of UNESCO at the seminar organized by the Secrétariat Général de la Défense Nationale (SGDN) and the IHEDN on 'Defence and the Governance of Nations' (Paris, France)

3-10 October
Participation of UNESCO in the Regional Session of the Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale (IHEDN) on 'Defence and Security Issues'. (Second session)

5-6 November
Participation of UNESCO in the Regional Session of the Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale (IHEDN) on 'Defence and Security Issues'. (Final session)

18 November
Participation of UNESCO in the First Strategic Franco-Turkish Meeting organized by the French Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS). (Paris, France)

29 November
Conferences on the democratic security of populations at the round table on the culture of peace held in the framework of the National Conference of Pacifists on the theme 'Towards the year 2000: prepare war or impose peace'. (Gennevilliers, France)

December
Declaration of the Director-General of UNESCO on a code of conduct for the sale of weapons.

17 December
Participation of UNESCO in a meeting on the 'Management of the Way out of Crisis' organized by the Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale (IHEDN). (Paris, France)

1998

14 January
Conference of the Director-General of UNESCO on the theme 'The sharing of knowledge' at the École Polytechnique. (Palaiseau, France)

23-27 February
Participation of UNESCO in the conference 'Towards collaborative peace: the control of small arms and the reversal of violence'. (Bellagio, Italy)

19-21 March
Participation of UNESCO in a meeting on 'Relations between Globalization and International Security' organized by the Académie de la Paix et de la Sécurité Internationale. (Monte Carlo, Monaco)

15-18 April
Participation of UNESCO in the Conference 'Reducing violence and controlling light weapons proliferation in Africa and the Indian Ocean'. (Saint-Denis de la Réunion, La Réunion)

16-17 April
Participation of UNESCO in the Second Central American Military Forum on Culture of Peace and Non-Violence. (Guatemala City, Guatemala)

29 April
Conferences on the theme 'Which security architecture should be promoted today?' at the round table organized by the Department of Political Affairs of the French Communist Party. (Paris, France)

5 May
Conference on 'Human rights and the new approach to security' on the occasion of the Third European Symposium on the Ethics of the Police in Europe. (Parvis des droits de l'homme, Paris, France)

11-12 May
Participation of UNESCO in the Third Annual Strategic Meeting organized by the French Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS). (Enghien-les-Bains, France)

29 May
Conference of the Director-General of UNESCO on the 'New approach to security and the role of the armed forces in the building of peace' at the Military Academy of Zaragoza. (Zaragoza, Spain)

30 May
Participation of UNESCO in the seminar on the code of conduct of the armed forces of the Republic of Mali. (Bamako, Mali)

5-6 June
Participation of UNESCO in the Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting of the French Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale (IHEDN). (Paris, France)

20 June
Conference on human rights and the democratic security of populations in the seminar on 'Human rights in movement', organized by the International Association of Educators for Peace. (Paris, France)

10-11 September
'Regional Symposium on Cooperative Peace in Southeast Asia', co-organized by UNESCO and ASEAN. (ASEAN Headquarters, Jakarta, Indonesia)

6-7 November
Participation of UNESCO in the 'Forum on the New Dimensions of Security' organized by El País and Le Monde. (Madrid, Spain)

2 December
Participation of UNESCO in the First Franco-Hungarian Strategic Meeting organized by the French Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS). (Paris, France)

11 December
Conference on 'The democratic security of populations' at the colloquium organized by the Department of Policy and International Relations of the French Communist Party on 'Year 2000: which security for Europe?' (Saint Ouen, France)

1999

Scheduled publications:
1. Information document on UNESCO's activities concerning the promotion of a new approach to security.
2. Training manual on human rights, democracy and development for members of the armed forces.
3. The democratic security of populations, a challenge for the twenty-first century.

Meetings:
22 February
Signing of the Agreement of Cooperation between UNESCO and the Institute of Security Studies of South Africa.

23 March
Participation of UNESCO in the meeting on 'Prevention of violence and human rights' organized by Police et Humanisme. (Paris, France)

21-23 April
Participation of UNESCO at the all-Russian Conference on the problems of the culture of peace, human rights and democracy in the armed forces, the struc-ture of the Ministry of the Interior and of the special security forces. (Moscow, Russian Federation)

25-26 September
Regional conference on the culture of peace in the Arab region, co-organized by UNESCO and the Arab League. (Arab League Headquarters, Cairo, Egypt)