The initial target of 500,000 responses set was not attained during the term of President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino.

Nevertheless, the inspirational messages and support from officials of the University of the Philippines System and Members of the 8^th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines coupled with the initial results of the campaign at the UP College of Education and UP Diliman as well as its inclusion in the Media Advocacy of Values and Informal Education (MAVIE) of the Education for All – Philippine Plan of Action (EFA-PPA) served as the impetus for pushing on with the campaign.

The UP Board of Regents adopted at its 1056^th Meeting a “Resolution Declaring All U.P. Campuses a Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality”.  It resolved that UP shall offer its campus as a possible venue open and multilateral peace talks between the government and all armed revolutionary groups, and serve as mediating institution in peace talks. It also recognized DiYES FOR PEACE campaign as an ongoing, parallel effort within the University, initiated by the students to advance the peace process and resolved that UP recognize and support the DiYES FOR PEACE campaign and all its objectives, both within the university and nationwide.

The principles and components of the comprehensive peace process as enumerated in Executive Order No. 125, s. 1993, “Defining the Approach and Administrative Structure for Government’s Comprehensive Peace Efforts” issued by President Fidel V. Ramos. EO No. 125 validated the ideals set forth by the campaign.

An open call for support to the comprehensive peace process “through a very specific project intrinsic to the nature of your work” opened the doors for the sustained institutional support of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, Philippine Postal Corporation, the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, the Commission on Higher Education, the Department of the Interior and Local Government, and the Philippine Information Agency.

The national implementation of the campaign was incorporated into the 5-Year Master Plan of Action for Peace and Order (1997-2001) by the 4^th National Summit on Peace and Order as a strategy to eradicate the insurgency problem by addressing its root causes, to wit: “Establish the framework for peace negotiations through the national implementation of the “DIYES FOR PEACE” – Bayanihan para sa Kapayapaan Campaign.”

The adoption of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 51/101 – Culture of Peace, reinforced the concepts and philosophical bases upon which the campaign was grounded and built up since 1988. Notably, the Philippines was specifically mentioned as one of the countries that were implementing “national culture of peace programs”. 

The adoption  Resolution 1997/47 –  International Year for the Culture of Peace, 2000 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council  reaffirmed the relevance of the campaign not only in national concerns of the Philippines but also to the community of nations.  No other member-state of the UN has waged a similar campaign through the formal educational system with the full support of its postal system.

Two Million Six Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand One Hundred Six (2,623,106) responses to Di-YES for Peace – Bayanihan para sa Kapayapaan were generated by the end of the term of PFVR on 30 June 1998.  These were kept under the custody of the Philippine Postal Corporation.