UNESCO launches first-ever policy guide on Holocaust education and genocide prevention
Apr 25, 2017, at 12:57 pm
New York, Apr 25(Just Earth News): The United Nations educational and cultural agency has launched a first-ever policy guide for education on the Holocaust and, more broadly, genocide and mass atrocities.
Religious leaders deserve full support in quest for peace, says UN adviser on genocide prevention
Jan 24, 2017, at 01:02 pm
New York, Jan 24 (Just Earth News): Religious leaders and faith-based organizations have a responsibility to contribute to peaceful societies and the international community must support these grassroots peacemakers in their daily activities, the United Nations official mandated to fight genocide on Monday told an international meeting on religion.
Ban marks genocide prevention as global responsibility
Apr 02, 2014, at 06:38 pm
New York, Apr 2 (IBNS): Addressing the International Conference on Genocide Prevention in Brussels, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday declared that defending human rights is a global responsibility, and called on all Governments to renew their commitment to vigilance and political will to prevent any mass atrocities from ever occurring again.