More than 80 countries have signed an agreement to cooperate in the fight against anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.
The Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights signed the agreement at Israel’s Foreign Affairs Ministry.
The task force, established a decade ago at the initiative of the Swedish government, aims to promote the remembrance of the Holocaust through education, research and memorial sites. It is composed of 27 member countries, mostly European. Six international organizations belong as observers, including the United Nations and the European Union. Israel was selected to lead the task force for the first time in 2010.
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, which has 57 members, deals with educational programs and monitors instances of xenophobia, mainly anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. — jta