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Resolution 1652 (2009) on Attitude to memorials exposed to different historical interpretations in Council of Europe member states

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe • 2009

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Levels and forms of education

Museum Memorials and Exhibitions

Resource type

Recommendations, Resolutions, Decisions

Historic approaches concerned

Cultural History

Local History

Political History

Social History

Transnational History

Other Approaches

Historic period

No data

Countries or areas concerned

Without regional focus

Languages

English, French

Description

The Assembly emphasises the need for deeper mutual understanding and for conciliatory action to prevent memorials of disputed symbolic significance becoming a source of tension in intra-state relations. It appears vital to seek consolidation of all major political forces representing different approaches when discussing the fate of such memorials, with a view to reaching sustainable final decisions based on the opinion of the majority.

Keywords

PACE

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Memorial

Remembrance