Romania's Culture Minister Natalia-Elena Intotero will represent Romania on Monday at a ceremony dedicated to the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland.
The event, which takes place under the aegis of the President of Poland, marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, created by the United Nations, and brings together survivors of the camp, official delegations of states and international intergovernmental organisations.
The Romanian delegation, led by Minister Natalia-Elena Intotero, will be composed of the special representative of the Government of Romania for the promotion of remembrance policies Bogdan Mazuru, coordinator of the Interministerial Committee for monitoring the implementation of the National Strategy for preventing and combatting anti-Semitism, xenophobia, radicalisation and hate speech 2024-2027 Dragos Hotea and senior official with the Ministry Culture Irina Sanda Marin Cajal.
According to the ministry, actions such as the ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp are of particular importance for preserving the memory of the victims and honouring the survivors, as well as supporting efforts to prevent and counter attempts to deny, distort or trivialise the Holocaust.
"Romania's participation in the January 27 ceremony reflects our country's solid commitment to keep alive the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, to combat any form of denial, distortion, trivialisation or minimisation of this tragic moment of the last century, as well as to fight against anti-Semitism, xenophobia, radicalisation and hate speech, while promoting, at the same time, respect for fundamental human rights, both at national and international level."
January 27 was established as the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust by the UN General Assembly Resolution no. 60/7. According to the resolution, member states are encouraged to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and to develop educational programmes on the Holocaust.
Over the last 20 years, the Romania has adopted important measures to strengthen Holocaust education, the most recent of which refers to the inclusion of the discipline "History of the Jews. The Holocaust" in high schools and vocational education as in the 2023-2024 school year. AGERPRES
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