Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust accepts Finland as full member

Press release 368/2010
16 December 2010

Finland was accepted on 16 December as a member country of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust in Haifa, Israel. Established ten years ago, the Task Force currently has 27 member states along with Finland. The non-European member states are the United States, Canada, Argentina and Israel. The Task Force has a rotating Chairpersonship. The current Chair is Israel.

The Task Force is an intergovernmental body whose purpose is to support Holocaust education, research and remembrance. The member countries are convened to a plenary session twice a year. The work is mainly carried out in expert working groups. The Task Force Secretariat is located in Berlin.

Further information: Sauli Feodorow, Ambassador for Human Rights and Democracy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, tel. +358 40 745 1691, Kristina Kaihari-Salminen, Counsellor of Education, National Board of Education, tel. +358 40 348 7222