• January 2: Laureate of the Prize “for the outstanding activity on strengthening the unity of Orthodox Christian Nations” awarded by the Patriarchate of Moscow& all Russia
• January 3: Fares pays a presidential visit to the Vatican
• January 10: Fares embarks on a presidential visit to Greece
• January 18: Fares receives the Grand Cordon of Archon Depoutatos from the Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
• February 3: Inauguration of the Center of Municipal and Developmental Studies in Tripoli
• February 5: Fares pays a presidential visit to Armenia
• February 13: Greek President Mr. Constantine Stephanopoulos visits Fares at his residence
• February 24: Fares attends the honoring ceremony of the delegations participating in the 20th conference of the Arab Lawyers Union in Beirut
• March 25-26: Fares attends the Arab Summit in Beirut
• March 30: Fares is awarded the Golden Medal of Acropole in Paris by the UNESCO Secretary-General Mr. Koichiro Matsuura
• May 6: Fares represents the Lebanese Republic in the Martyrs’ Day
• May 26: Fares receives in Chicago the Distinguished Service Award
• May 28: Fares pays a presidential visit to France
• June 13: Fares pays a presidential visit to Morocco
• June 19: Fares holds a dinner banquet at Phoenicia Hotel in honor of the Arab Infornation Ministers
• July 11: Fares pays a presidential visit to Tunis
• July 18: Fares receives the National Legion of Honor from French President Jacques Chirac
• July 28: Fares attends a conference on Lebanon at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council in California
  Fares is awarded the Antonian Gold Medal of Merit by the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of New York& North America in recognition of his distinguished services of exceptional merit
• August: Fares attends the 45th Maronite Congress for North America& Canada in Los Angeles, California, and is awarded a Golden decoration
• October 10: US Senator of Lebanese origin Mr. Darel Issa visits Fares in his residence
• November 2: During a visit to Athens, Fares receives from Greek President Mr. Constantine Stephanopoulos the Grand Cross of the Phoenix
• November 14: Fares is offered the Gold Merit from the Central Maronite Council at Bristol Hotel, Beirut