On the occasion of the Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January), the Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, State Secretary Szabolcs Takács addressed the OSCE Permanent Council meeting on 21 of January.
On the occasion of the Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January), the Chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, State Secretary Szabolcs Takács addressed the OSCE Permanent Council meeting on 21 of January.
He emphasized IHRA’s special role in and significant contribution to the development of international cooperation on Holocaust education, remembrance and research. The IHRA Chair thanked the OSCE Office for Democratic institution and Human Rights (ODIHR) - one of IHRA's seven Permanent International Partner organizations - for their excellent work and cooperation with the IHRA, noting the success of a recent pilot program of professional development for educators and teacher trainers which was organized in Moldova in September 2015.
Mr Takács continued: "The task of the international community- be it of IHRA, the UN, the OSCE or the EU - is clear: unless we adequately tackle contemporary challenges such as antisemitism and Holocaust denial, they will prevail and we shall face insurmountable problems of insecurity, fear and social tensions within our own societies."
Read the full address given by the IHRA Chair on the IHRA webpage.