SPAIN ENTERS THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE HOLOCAUST AS A FULL MEMBER
December 18, 2008 .-
Spain happened yesterday in Vienna to become a full member of the Group Working for International Cooperation for Education, Remembrance and Research of the Holocaust. The Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, sent a message to the plenary meeting of this organization, gathered from Sunday in the parliament building in the Austrian capital, in which he welcomed this "significant moment" for the country and stressed the goal of "from a state policy, to rethink the Shoah in public awareness of the Spain of today" and especially "collective memory" of the "young, as shared European memory."
The "Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF) was established in 1998 at the initiative of then Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson and currently has twenty-five Member States: Germany, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Croatia, Slovakia, USA, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland.
The Government has since 2005 when he joined the ITF with guest status, taking necessary measures to enable the full integration of Spain in this organization. In December 2006, achieved the status of an observer and Israel and France to Spain have sponsored in the process of entry as a full member. Already in December 2004, the Executive established January 27 as the official Day of Holocaust Remembrance and Prevention of Crimes against Humanity. Subsequently, stressed the importance of Spain to advance the process of transmission of the Shoah, as a benchmark indicating education. The message
letter from the chief executive to present the English candidacy, Zapatero praised the "prestigious organization." "Today 17 of December is an important moment for Spain, which expects to complete a process begun in 2005 and which is itself the starting point of a new era of working together for the attainment and consolidation of shared objectives" he said.
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