Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research
The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme and the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research work together to assist United Nations Member States in the adoption of national educational curriculum on the Holocaust. The two organizations also support each other's public information activities designed to encourage Holocaust remembrance and education by civil society groups in order to help to prevent future acts of genocide. The Task Force, established in 1998, has now 28 member countries. It consists of representatives of government, as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations. The United Nations Department of Public Information is a permanent observer at the Task Force meetings and plays an active role on the Special Working Group on the Implementation of Holocaust Remembrance Days as well as the Subcommittee on the Holocaust and Other Genocides.
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OSCE's ODIHR - ITF Meeting commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom, 10 November 2008, Hofburg, Vienna
The OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)'s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Austrian Chairmanship of the Task Force for International Co-operation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF) organized a meeting on 10 November 2008 in Vienna to mark the 70th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom. The roundtable discussion addressed the role of Holocaust commemoration in combating anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance.
Francis Deng, Special Adviser of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, provided a statement presenting the work of the United Nations on Holocaust remembrance and combating of anti-Semitism.
Statement of Mr. Francis Deng, Special Adviser of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide: "Lessons Learned: Holocaust remembrance and combating anti-Semitism in 2008"