10 years with The Stockholm Declaration on Holocaust memory: Any news on prevention? Are we learning anything new from the research on the driving forces behind genocides?In January 2000, the Swedish government hosted the first of 4 consecutive Stockholm International Forums from 2000 through 2004, focusing on Holocaust remembrance and genocide prevention. During the first International Forum an agreement was signed by 40 governments, The Stockholm Declaration, declaring that the memory of the Holocaust should be kept alive as a lesson for future generations and as a way to prevent the repetition of a similar crime. This year, on January 26, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized in cooperation with the Forum for Living History an international symposium commemorating the 10 years with the Stockholm Declaration. The symposium was moderated by the Swedish journalist and writer, Göran Rosenberg, and included a series of international experts and practitioners within the field of Holocaust and genocide studies, among others Senior Researcher from DIIS, Cecilie Felicia Stokholm Banke, Israeli historian and former advicer to the Swedish government, Professor Yehuda Bauer, Professor and Director of Research, David Cesarani from Royal Holloway University of London and Professor Timothy Snyder, Department of History at Yale University. Also contributing to the symposium were the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, Mr. Carl Bildt and The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway, Mr. Jonas Gahr Störe. The symposium was webcasted live and can be watched on the following link: http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/3194/a/138376 |
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