Genocide conference wraps up with Stockholm Declaration

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Genocide conference wraps up with Stockholm Declaration

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The three-day conference against genocide wrapped up on Wednesday with a declaration calling for collective efforts of the international community to prevent genocide, ethnic cleansing and mass killings.

Every member of the international community is obliged to take effective measures and establish mechanisms to identify and report possible threats of genocide in order to prevent the recurrence of the tragedy of mass killings, said the declaration.

The international community should cooperate with each other under the guidance of the United Nations and other relevant regional and international organizations to implement effective measures to eliminate threats of genocide, it added.

All nations of the world have the duty to protect the community under genocide threats, assist the survivors in rebuilding their homes and bring the culprits to justice.

The declaration also called for more attentions and efforts on the education of the young people and the public.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as well as some ten heads of state or government attended the conference and delivered speeches.

Many delegates believed the international community lacks a political will rather than the resources and capability in protecting the human beings from the danger of mass killings.

Annan called on the whole world to come up with effective methods in preventing the tragedy and suggested the establishment of special international organizations.

Javier Solana, EU High Representative for common foreign and security policy pledged larger responsibility of the European Union in preventing genocide in West Balkan and the Great Lakes area in Africa.

The event was the first major international conference on this subject since the United Nations adopted its Convention Against Genocide in 1948.

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