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The European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation (also ''ECTR'') is a non-governmental organization that was established in Paris, France on October 7, 2008 to monitor tolerance in Europe. The Chairman of the Council is former British Prime Minister Tony Blair〔( Tony Blair appointed as head of European body fighting antisemitism | The Guardian, June 4, 2015 )〕 (until 2013 - former President of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski), and the President of the Council is Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor. ==History and Purpose== As a tolerance watchdog, the ECTR prepares practical recommendations to governments and international organisations on improving interreligious and interethnic relations on the continent. The Council is focused on fighting xenophobia, antisemitism and racial discrimination in the modern world. The ECTR includes such notable political and public figures as: * José María Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain; * Erhard Busek, former Vice-Chancellor of the Republic of Austria; * George Vassiliou, former President of the Republic of Cyprus; * Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, former President of the Republic of Latvia; * Rita Süssmuth, former Speaker of the German Bundestag; * Igor Ivanov, former Foreign Minister and Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Professor of MGIMO-University; * Milan Kučan, former President of Slovenia; * Alfred Moisiu, former President of Albania; * Göran Persson, former Prime Minister of Sweden; * Vilma Trajkovska, President of the Boris Trajkovski International Foundation; * Talât Sait Halman, former Turkish Minister of Culture and Professor of Bilkent University. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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