• January 21: Fares receives the International Orthodox Unity Fund Prize at the Savior Cathedral in the Russian Capital
• January 22: Fares meets the Russian President Mr. Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin
• February 2-3: Fares attends the World Economic Forum in Davos on “Protecting Minorities Worldwide”, takes part in three seminars. On the sidelines of the conference, Fares meets US Senator George Mitchell, AL Secretary General Mr. Amr Mussa& Qatar’s Foreign Minister Hamad Bin Jasem Bin Jabre al-Thani
• March 10: Mr. Fares& Mrs. Hala Fares are the guest of honors in an annual dinner banquet held by the church of Saint Andrew the Apostle during which the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew honored President Bush
• Mr. Issam Fares& Mrs. Hala Fares meet senior US President George Bush& Mrs. Laura Bush
• Mr. Issam Fares& Mrs. Hala& their daughter Miss Noor meet the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople
• March 13: The Issam Fares Lecture given by Mr. William J. Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, under the title ‘Our Common Future’& inauguration of the Issam Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
• April 30: Fares represents the Government in the questioning session in the House of Parliament
• May 22: Fares represents the Lebanese President in the 38th Conference of the International Organization of Declaration (IAA) held in Beirut
• May 26: Fares hosts in Bayno the Lebanese President Mr. Emile Lahoud who is the first to pay such a visit since late President Bechara el-Khoury's visit 57 years ago
• June 22: Fares represents the Lebanese President in the annual dinner banquet held at Phoenicia Hotel by the Lebanese National Front Party
• June 26: Fares pays a presidential visit to Slovakia
• July 19: Fares pays an official trip to Cyprus, is awarded the Grand Commander of the Order of Makarius the 3rd by the Cypriot President Mr. Glafcos Clerides
• July 23-24: Fares pays an official visit to Algeria, gets Al-Ahd National Merit from the President of Algeria Mr. Abdel Aziz Bouteflika
• August 8: Fares is decorated during the commemoration of the Jubilee Anniversary of the Maronite League during which he represented the Lebanese President
• September 6: Fares attends the 24rth anniversary of the Lebanese League for Greek Orthodox, receives a plaque of recognition
• September 28: The President of the Yemeni Republic Mr. Ali Abdullah Saleh awards Fares the Union Order during an official visit paid by Fares
• December 20: Fares attends the Yemeni-Lebanese talks held in the Presidential Palace of Baabda, signs four agreements on behalf of the Lebanese side