• January 21-22: Fares receives a plaque from H.B. Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch& All the East
• February 26: The Issam Fares Lecture given by Mr. George H.W. Bush the 41rst President of the United States, under the title ‘A New Vision of the Middle East’
• March 1: Fares attends the Arab Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
• May 3: Brazil’s President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva meets Fares in Beirut, offers him a decoration on the occasion of the 180th anniversary of the Brazilian House of Parliament
• May 12: Fares attends the Iranian-Lebanese talks held in Baabda on the occasion of the visit paid by Iran’s President Mohammad Khatami
• June 19: Fares pays a presidential visit to Bulgaria
• June 16: Fares pays an official visit to Bulgaria during which he is offered the Order Stara Planina 1 Class
• June 24: Fares attends the welcome ceremony organized for the Prime Minister of Romania Mr. Adrian Nastase
• July 8- 9: Fares pays an official visit to Ukraine during which he is awarded the Order of the Prince Yorslav The Wise 2nd Rank by President Leonid Kuchma
• July 19: Fares gets the Honorary Golden Medal from the Minister of Youth& Sports of the Republic of Bulgaria Mr. Vassil Ivanov
• July 25: Meeting in Beirut with the French Justice Minister Mr. Dominique Perben
• July 30: Fares sponsors a graduation ceremony in the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik
• September 6-7: Inauguration of the Municipal Palace of Kobayat in Akkar
• September 13-14: Inauguration of the Municipal Palace of Talbire& West Tel Abbas in Akkar
• October 25: Fares meets Senior US President George Bush
• November 11: Inauguration of Issam Fares Library in La Sagesse University
• December 4: Fares sponsors the annual dinner banquet held by the Syriac League
• December 5: Fares attends the welcome ceremony& talks held on the occasion of the official visit paid to Lebanon by the President of Brazil Mr. Lula da Silva
• December 8: Fares sponsors the third annual ceremony held by the 'Association of Lebanon the Nation” at Regency Palace Hotel prior to his trip to the United States
• December 19: Fares represents the Lebanese President in the annual ceremony held by the General Council of the Maronite Leagues