INTRODUCTION
After the succession of crises in the 1990s in places such as Bosnia, Rwanda, and Kosovo, where policymakers grappled with whether and how to respond to genocide and threats of genocide, there seemed to be a broadly held view that preventing genocide is in America’s national interest. This symposium takes the next step by considering how this interest relates to other national interests and how it can be promoted realistically in the future.
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AGENDA
9:30 a.m.
Introduction and Welcome
Honorable Jerome J. Shestack
Chair, Committee on Conscience
9:35 - 9:55 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Honorable Frank Wolf
United States House of Representatives
10 a.m. - 12 noon
Panel 1: American Responses to Genocide and Mass Violence in the Past »
Moderator:
Rev. Hubert G. Locke
Member of the Committee on Conscience
Panel Members:
Ms. Samantha Power
Executive Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University
Mr. Grover Joseph Rees
Counsel, House International Relations Committee
Ambassador David Scheffer
Senior Vice President, United Nations Association of the USA
12 noon - 1 p.m.
Break
1 - 3 p.m.
Panel 2: Promoting The National Interest in Preventing Genocide in the Future »
Moderator:
Max M. Kampelman
Member of the Committee on Conscience
Panel Members:
Ms. Holly Burkhalter
Advocacy Director, Physicians for Human Rights
Col. (ret’d) Scott Feil
Executive Director, Role of American Military Power, Association of the United States Army
Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper
Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues
3:15 - 5:15 p.m.
Panel 3: American Public Opinion, the Media and Genocide Prevention »
Moderator:
Professor Ruth Mandel
Committee on Conscience, United States Holocaust Memorial Council
Panel Members:
Mr. Roy Gutman
Newsweek
Professor Allen Hertzke
University of Oklahoma
Mr. Steven Kull
Center on Policy Attitudes, University of Maryland
Mr. Aryeh Neier
President, Open Society Institute
5:30-6:30 p.m.
Closing Address »
Introduction:
Honorable Fred S. Zeidman
Chair, United States Holocaust Memorial Council
Honorable Paula J. Dobriansky
Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Reception
Hall of Witness
United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumMuseum
