“The PACE resolution actually acknowledged that the Russian Federation manipulates history for justification of aggressionpace Parae adopted a resolution on counteracting manipulation of historical facts and the need to revise historical education. The document was supported by 107 deputies, it provides for the inclusion in the curricula of studying totalitarian regimes.”, – WRITE ON: Unn.ua
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has adopted a resolution that actually recognizes the threat of Russian manipulations with historical facts and urges to review the policy of historical education,
In particular, PACE offers:
- To create a space for a deeper understanding of the history of the 19th and 20th centuries, including its complex and sensitive aspects.
- Including in the educational programs in the history of studying different forms of totalitarian regimes and violent ideological movements, focusing on how history distortion can be used to justify aggression in the modern world.
PACE stressed that history politicization is dangerous, and historical education should form resistance to manipulations that justify aggression, human rights violations and territorial claims.
The resolution “Multiple in Memory and Historical Education for Democratic Citizenship” was adopted by 107 votes for “!”
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