January 15, 2010, New York — The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (AIPR) launches its mission of genocide prevention into the New Year with two upcoming events.
Next Friday, Jan. 22, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., AIPR director Tibi Galis will be on the WBAI radio show “Ethics on the Air” to talk about the inspiring success of the AIPR’s most recent genocide prevention training, held in Auschwitz, Poland. He will also take calls from listeners. Tune in live at 99.5 FM, or on the Web at stream.wbai.org.
Next, on Monday, Feb. 1, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Center for Jewish History, the AIPR cosponsors “Diplomacy and Genocide: Challenges for the Future”, a panel discussion of diplomatic approaches to the prevention of genocide. Featuring Ileka Atoki, UN Ambassador for Congo DRC; Francis Deng, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide; Moné Dye, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of South Africa to the UN; Stephen Rapp, US Ambassador at-Large on War Crimes Issues; Joe Mellot, Public Diplomacy, US Department of State; Renee Jones-Bos, Dutch Ambassador to the US, former Dutch Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights. The Center for Jewish History is located at 15 West 16th St., between Fifth and Sixth Ave. in Manhattan.
AIPR is a nonprofit organization that seeks to prevent genocide by building a worldwide community of policy makers with the tools and the commitment to stop it before it occurs.
Contact:
Alex Zucker
Communications and Development Officer
Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation
870 Fifth Avenue, Suite 9H
New York, NY 10065
212 794 9760 (tel.)
212 794 9796 (fax)
pr@auschwitzinstitute.org
www.auschwitzinstitute.org
Be sure to check out The Daily Tell’s exclusive interview with Tibi Galis and Alex Zucker.