The US Assistant Secretary for International Organisation Affairs Tori Holt discussed the prevention of atrocities and genocide with the UN Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng.
Dieng thanked the US for Obama’s establishment of the Atrocities Prevention Board (APB) and briefed the Assistant Secretary on his international work.
“In my meeting with Special Adviser Dieng, we stressed the importance of working closely with the United Nations, multilateral--as well as bilateral--partners on preventing genocide and mass atrocities, before they occur.” Tori Holt wrote on her blog.
“During a full day of consultations, Special Adviser Dieng also met with State and inter-agency participants in the work of the Atrocities Prevention Board--including the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, the Office of Global Criminal Justice, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, the Department of Justice, Department of Defense and the Multilateral and Human Rights Directorate of the National Security Staff--and expressed his appreciation for the APB's work both on specific country situations and on bringing attention to the issue from the U.S. government,” she said.
