Saturday 3 March 2007

UN Assembly condemns Holocaust denial by consensus; Iran disassociates itself

UN Assembly condemns Holocaust denial by consensus;
Iran disassociates itself

The United Nations General Assembly today condemned without reservation any denial of the Holocaust, with only Iran publicly disassociating itself from the consensus resolution which was immediately hailed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The Assembly, noting that the resolution was adopted on the eve of the UN-designated annual International Day of Commemoration for Holocaust victims, who also included not only Jews but also Roma, Sinti, homosexuals and other groups, called on all its 192 Member States “unreservedly to reject any denial of the Holocaust as a historical event, either in full or in part, or any activities to this end.”

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