THE HOLOCAUST AND THE UNITED NATIONS OUTREACH PROGRAMME

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The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme
ideology, propaganda and persecution of Jews and other victims. The
Programme made the film and background materials on the Holocaust
available to the United Nations Information Centres for use with
students.
In June 2014, the Holocaust
Programme developed the first
Model UN simulation on the
Holocaust and Genocide Prevention
together with the MUN
team and the Office of the Special
Adviser to the Secretary-
General on the Prevention of
Genocide. The Path to Nazi Genocide
served as a teaching aid for
the students who participated
in the Model UN, which was
held at the Bronx High School
for Science in New York City.
Bronx High School for Science students participating
in the Model UN on the Holocaust
and Genocide prevention organized by the
Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach
Programme in cooperation with the Model
United Nations Team in New York City, in
June 2014.
In 2013, the Holocaust Programme published
the Discussion Papers Journal Volume II which
included ten articles written by leading Holocaust
and genocide studies scholars from
Argentina, Canada, China, France, Germany,
South Africa, the United Kingdom and the
United States. Author Pan Guang (China) delivers
a gripping account of how Jews made their
Discussion Papers Journal
Volume II produced while writer Andrzej Mirga (Poland) details the
way to Shanghai during the Second World War,
by the Holocaust and the
United Nations Outreach Nazi persecution of Roma and Sinti during the
Programme.
same period. Professor Juan E. Méndez (Argentina)
brings the reader to the 21st century with a discussion of the
2011 arrest and pending trial of accused Serbian war criminal Ratko
Mladic. And the timeless value of Holocaust education is explored
as Tali Nates (South Africa) shows how education is helping to heal