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Genocide Prevention Task ForceGenocide Prevention Task Force Co-Chairs Honored at Holocaust MuseumApril 23, 2009 Secretaries Albright and Cohen co-chaired the Genocide Prevention Task Force, jointly convened by USIP, the Holocaust Museum and the American Academy of Diplomacy, which released its report in December 2008. Earlier in the week, former President Bill Clinton, speaking at the new Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, referred to the Genocide Prevention Task Force report: "We are now more than a half century past the Holocaust, living in history’s most interdependent age, in which divorcing ourselves from the problems of other people is neither moral nor a practical option…As my two former cabinet secretaries, Madeleine Albright and Bill Cohen, wrote in their recently released Genocide Prevention Task Force report, 'We must honor the memory of past victims by encouraging future action. Preventing genocide is possible and striving to do so is imperative.'" Genocide Prevention Task Force Report Receives Bipartisan PraiseJanuary 15, 2009 | Press Release The Genocide Prevention Task Force, co-chaired by former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, was jointly convened by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, The American Academy of Diplomacy and the United States Institute of Peace. Its recently released report, Preventing Genocide: A Blueprint for U.S. Policymakers, offers practical recommendations on how to prevent genocide and mass atrocities. “We are keenly aware that the incoming president’s agenda will be daunting from Day One. But preventing genocide and mass atrocities is not an idealistic addition to our core foreign policy agenda. It is a moral and strategic imperative,” said Secretaries Albright and Cohen. About the Task ForceThe Genocide Prevention Task Force was launched on November 13, 2007 and released its report to the public on December 8, 2008. It was jointly convened by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, The American Academy of Diplomacy, and the U.S. Institute of Peace. It was funded by private foundations. Its goals were: (1) To spotlight genocide prevention as a national priority; and; (2) To develop practical policy recommendations to enhance the capacity of the U.S. government to respond to emerging threats of genocide and mass atrocities. Preventing Genocide: A Blueprint for U.S. PolicymakersDecember 8, 2008 | Report » View and download the report Genocide Prevention Task ForceDownload the ReportTask Force Members
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