In support of the International Year of Dialogue among Civilizations the International Council for Caring Communities (ICCC) in collaboration with the Division for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, DESA; the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University Medical Center, the music industry and NGOs, will hold a one day conference on Thursday, 6 December 2001, from 10 am - 5 pm at UN Headquarters in New York.

On the occasion of the centennial of Dr. Raúl Prebisch (the founding father of our organization and of the Group of 77), UNCTAD held a commemorative event on the morning of 11 October 2001 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, during the annual meeting of its Trade and Development Board.

World Youth Festival on Dialogue among Civilizations, Vilnius, August 20-24 2001

Statement by Mr. Giandomenico Picco, Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, at the International Conference on Dialogue among Civilizations, 24-26 April 2001, Vilnius, Lithuania

Reading at the United Nations Building in New York City, Thursday, March 29, 2001
Personal Representative for the Secretary-General Giandomenico Picco introduced the program, which included
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Yusef Komunyakaa, and poets and writers Joyce Carol Oates and James Ragan.  Photos

United Nations Secretary-General's address to Seton Hall University's School of Diplomacy,
Secretariat for the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations, on Monday 5 February 2001

Address by Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Oxford, United Kingdom, 5 February, 2001

SG/SM/7705	06/02/01	Idea of ‘Dialogue among Civilizations’ rooted in fundamental UN values, says Secretary-General in Seton Hall University address
GA/9819	13/11/00	Without vote, Assembly adopts resolution on Dialogue Among Civilizations
GA/9818	13/11/00	Debating Dialogue Among Civilizations, Assembly hears calls to eliminate widespread cultural, national misconceptions, stereotyping
PI/1284	05/09/00	Secretary-General announces membership of Group of Eminent Persons for Year oF Dialogue Among Civilizations
GA/9748	05/09/00	Round table launching ‘Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations’ concludes at Headquarters
GA/9747	05/09/00	United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations, 2001 launched with Headquarters round table discussion
SG/SM/7526/REV.1	05/09/00	Secretary-General, addressing meeting on Dialogue Among Civilizations, says global civilization defined by tolerance of dissent
SG/T/2233	15/06/00	Activities of Secretary-General in Washington, D.C., and California 9 to 11 June: Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York on Friday afternoon, 9 June, for Washington, D.C., where he delivered a keynote address that evening to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. In his statement, he discussed the importance of tolerance and dialogue and the need for shared values among the world's people.
SG/SM/7439/Rev.1	09/06/00	Kofi Annan calls for shared values of freedom, tolerance and non-violence in address to Anti-Discrimination Committee in his address to the seventeenth National Convention of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee in Arlington, Virginia.
GA/9685	10/12/99	Assembly seeks universal support for International Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations, 2001.
GA/9684	10/12/99	Assembly weighs United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations.
SG/SM/7223	17/11/99	Secretary-General invokes 'dialogue among civilizations' at Beijing seminar.
SG/SM/7118	03/09/99	Cherish your individually of others, Secretary-General tells Francophone Summit: Kofi Annan stresses responsibility of each and every one to nurture dialogue among civilizations.
SG/A/700*	06/08/99	Giandomenico Picco to be Secretary-General's Representative for 'Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations' in 2001.
SG/SM/7050	28/06/99	In message to Organization of Islamic conference Foreign Ministers session, Secretary-General stresses need for peaceful dialogue among civilizations: Kofi Annan pledged continued to more active cooperation with OIC: [statement, 28 June 1999] / [by the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs]
SG/SM/7049	28/06/99	All great religions and traditions overlap when it comes to fundamental principles of human conduct, Secretary-General states at Oxford in his lecture to the Centre for Islamic Studies on 'The Dialogue of Civilizations and the Need for a World Ethic'.
GA/9497	04/11/98	Assembly proclaimed 2001 United Nations Year of dialogue among civilizations, expressing determination to facilitate international discussion: instead of accepting 'clash of civilizations' international community should create bounteous crossroad, Malaysia says.
GA/9446 and Corr.1	21/09/98	2001 should be year of dialogue among civilizations: President of Iran tells General Assembly: Assembly continues general debate; Mexico's Foreign Minister urges economic crisis warning system.