Foreign Ministry Submits Holocaust Education Bill to UNESCO

[Jerusalem Post] Marissa Levy - The Israel Foreign Ministry submitted a resolution to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization this week calling for the creation of a UNESCO-sponsored curriculum to teach students around the world about the Holocaust and its role in history, in order to preserve the memory of the Holocaust while preventing its denial. Orli Gil, head of the ministry's Division of International Organizations, said the ministry expected the initiative to be ratified by the end of the month.


2007-10-17 01:00:00

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