Several days ago, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, the Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Research of France, launched an initiative.
The initiative envisions the studying of genocides and mass crimes, with the objective of grasping them to the utmost as well as fighting against denial, reported Nor Haratch Armenian newspaper of France.
This mission, which is to be established one year after the Armenian Genocide Centennial, will be entrusted to Vincent Duclert, General Inspector of National Education of France.
He will head the 46-member team comprising citizens of 12 countries.
This team shall prepare a report on genocides and mass crimes, so as to facilitate their comprehension and create new ways for their prevention.
The mission shall summarize its respective conclusions within one year.
Minister Vallaud-Belkacem noted that she hereby wishes to run a “policy of just memory.” She added that in this era, when denial is a reality and it “prospers,” the transmitting of history becomes an imperative in the fight against lack of memory.