Arseniy Yatsenyuk held a meeting on preparations for the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre

On Tuesday, 29 September, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk chaired a meeting on preparations for the 75^th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre.

Opening the meeting, the Prime Minister has pointed out that the 75^th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre is one of the key events in the calendar of memorable dates of the Ukrainian state and Ukrainian society.

Those present at the meeting heads of ministries and departments, public organizations and national associations, religious leaders, MPs of Ukraine and academics have discussed the preparation for the commemoration of the anniversary of the Babi Yar tragedy.

In particular, they talked about the concept of commemorating this date at the internal and international levels, the introduction of landscape-architectural competition to streamline the Babi Yar National historical reserve, ensuring its reliable protection.

It was also discussed dissemination of memory lessons about the Holocaust and Babi Yar, which had been introduced in many schools across the country, within the whole national education system.

Following the meeting the Prime Minister gave specific instructions on the preparation for the 75^th anniversary of the beginning of the Babi Yar massacre, memorialization of the tragedy and its victims.