| January 27, 2012 |
January 27, 2012
In 2005 the UN General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this annual day of commemoration, every member state of the UN has an obligation to honor the victims of the Nazi era and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “International Holocaust Remembrance Day.” http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/ihrd/comment_post.php. Accessed on 26 January 2012.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECIDES TO DESIGNATE 27 JANUARY AS ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DAY
OF COMMEMORATION TO HONOUR HOLOCAUST VICTIMS
The General Assembly today decided that the United Nations will designate 27 January -– the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp — as an annual International Day of Commemoration to honour the victims of the Holocaust, and urged Member States to develop educational programmes to instil the memory of the tragedy in future generations to prevent genocide from occurring again.
Rejecting any denial of the Holocaust as a historical event, either in full or in part, the 191-member Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution condemning “without reserve” all manifestations of religious intolerance, incitement, harassment or violence against persons or communities based on ethnic origin or religious belief, whenever they occur.
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2005/ga10413.doc.htm
