Confce of Int'l Coalition of Sites of Conscience
Call to spread peace edn
Speakers at the 5th conference of International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC) from left are Sophearum Chey, Chanho Kim, Dr Sarwar Ali, Elizabeth Sikes, Amrutbhai Modi and Mr Wang Shanfeng. Photo: STAR
The 5th conference of International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC) began at Brac Inn Centre in the city yesterday with a call to spread peace education in Asian countries. Formation of an Asian platform to educate youths in peace education and organised efforts to ensure justice regarding war crimes were also emphasised at the conference organised by Liberation War Museum. “We must form a forum of Asian countries for providing peace education to the youths,” said Amrutbhai Modi, a representative from Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram, India, at the two-day long meet. “The youths of tomorrow must be made to understand that peace has been seen to last only where justice has been served even handedly,” said the annual report of the coalition while focusing on the ongoing efforts to try 1971 war criminals in Bangladesh. Speakers also said that peace education could be given using museums and historical sites. They said by respecting the trauma different nations underwent during their birth, youths can be taught about peace. Foreign delegates shared stories of genocide along with the role which museums are playing in their countries to make youths aware of their past. Chanho Kim, a representative from Korea republic, Elizabeth Sikes, a representative from ICSC, Ahmad Salim from Pakistan, Prof Abhi Subedi from Nepal, Isama-ae Salaeh from Thailand and Sophearum Chey from Cambodia participated among the foreign delegates. Eminent drama personality Ramendu Majumder and the museum trustees Akku Chowdhury, Ziauddin Tariq Ali, Mofidul Hoque, Dr Sarwar Ali and volunteers from different universities and colleges along with independent film-makers participated at the program.
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