THE HOLOCAUST AND THE UNITED NATIONS OUTREACH PROGRAMME

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MARIO SILVA, PhD
Mario Silva’s career includes service as an elected official in Canada between 1994
and 2011, as well as being an author and international legal scholar. In December
2011, he was appointed by the Government of Canada to serve as the 2013 Chair
of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). The IHRA is an intergovernmental
body comprised of 31 member countries with a mandate to engage
the support of political and social policy leaders to encourage Holocaust education,
remembrance, and research both nationally and internationally. Mr. Silva is
a graduate of the University of Toronto, the University of Sorbonne in Paris and
holds a MA in International Law from Oxford University as well as a PhD in law
from the National University of Ireland in Galway. He has been honoured by the
French President with the title of Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour and
has also been awarded the Order of Merit of Portugal, the Order of Rio Branco
from Brazil. Mr. Silva is the recipient of the Bridge Builder Award by the Parliament
of Canada All Party Interfaith Friendship Group and the Holocaust Education Humanitarian
Award of the Hamilton Jewish Federation.