Panel Discussions
The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme has organized seven panel discussions to date on the topic of Holocaust awareness and genocide prevention attended by Member States, non-governmental organizations, students, educators and United Nations staff members.
1) The first panel discussion took place on 12 May 2006,organized with United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), Yad Vashem, Levande Historia and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) The seminar examined communication tools and educational resources on issues related to the Holocaust and genocide studies.
2) The Deputy Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone, the former Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, the New York Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Executive Director of the Institute for the study of genocide in New York, joined the Chair of the Secretary-General’s Advisory Committee on Genocide Prevention in a seminar held on 14 September 2006, which explored the causes of genocide and the role of the United Nations in helping to prevent it.
3) The third seminar, on “Combating Hatred” with the participation of the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, was held on 8 November 2007, the eve of the anniversary of the Kristallnacht Pogrom. The roundtable discussion featured speakers from civil society who shared best practices to overcome hatred, prejudice and intolerance in society.
4) The fourth seminar, “Saving Succeeding Generations”, was held on 26 June 2008 in collaboration with the United Nations University New York Office. The panelists included the Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect, representatives of Yad Vashem and USHMM, who engaged the audience in a discussion on individual and collective responsibility to protect those threatened by genocide and other crimes against humanity.
5) In observance of the 70th Anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom, the Holocaust Programme organized a panel discussion on the theme “Nowhere to turn” on 10 November 2008 at the United Nations Headquarters. Holocaust scholars from New York University, the Centre for Jewish Studies of Shanghai and CUNY School of Law, as well as the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations discussed the events on 9 November 1938, known as Kristallnacht, and their aftermath.
6) A seminar on “Learning about the Holocaust through Art” was held on 9 November 2009 in observance of the anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom. This special event, which included remarks by the Deputy Director of the Outreach Division and two of the artists depicted in the film titled As Seen through These Eyes, launched the Programme’s publication of the Discussion Papers Journal, and was dedicated to highlighting Holocaust education through art.
7) On 20 May, the Holocaust Programme organized a one-day educators’ workshop on fostering human rights defenders within the community. The two-part event included an interactive discussion with the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide and a leading human rights activist, drawing on examples of racial discrimination during the Nazi era as well as contemporary cases of mass violence; and a workshop led by the Holocaust Programme and Facing History and Ourselves.
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