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Imagine the Unimaginable: Ending Genocide in the 21st Century

Imagine the Unimaginable: Ending Genocide in the 21st Century

Ending Genocide | Agenda | Bios | Poll Results | Video | Photos | Resources

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The symposium was held Tuesday, July 24, 2012, in the Museum’s Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Theater. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Museum director Sara J. Bloomfield escorts Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton through the Museum. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Secretary Clinton meets the Museum’s security team. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Michael Abramowitz, director of the Museum’s Committee on Conscience, welcomes the audience. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
James M. Lindsay, the Council on Foreign Relations’ senior vice president, director of studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg chair, speaks about the importance of genocide prevention. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Mark Penn, worldwide CEO at Burson-Marsteller and CEO of Penn Schoen Berland, reveals the results of a national poll on genocide. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Secretary Clinton delivers the keynote address. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Citing President Obama’s avowal that genocide prevention is a national security interest and a moral responsibility, Secretary Clinton describes the specific steps the US is taking. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Shin Dong-hyuk, who escaped North Korea’s most notorious prison camp, listens to Secretary Clinton’s address. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
<em>Washington Post</em> investigative reporter Dana Priest moderates the first panel, Over the Horizon: Global Trends Affecting Genocide. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Christopher A. Kojm, chairman of the US National Intelligence Council, discusses the first-ever National Intelligence Estimate on the global risk of mass atrocities. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Internationally renowned futurist Peter Schwartz (left) and Timothy Snyder, Bird White Housum professor of history at Yale University, offer their perspectives on the history and future of genocide. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer (far left) moderates the second panel, Innovative Solutions in Responding to Future Challenges. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer introduces the panelists. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
CNN Beirut correspondent Arwa Damon discusses the role social media has played in the recent uprisings in Libya and Syria. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Strive Masiyiwa, founder and chairman of Econet Wireless, speaks about the need to ensure governments do not pressure network providers into limiting Internet access during times of political unrest. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
International security expert Sarah Sewall discusses President Obama’s efforts to make genocide prevention a signature issue for the US. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Richard Williamson, a foreign policy senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, discusses the role of the public, activists, and NGOs in holding US presidents accountable for responding to mass atrocities. – US Holocaust Memorial Museum