UN to Designate January 27 as Annual Holocaust Day

(Reuters) Evelyn Leopold - Israel introduced a watershed resolution in the UN General Assembly on Monday that designates January 27 as an annual commemoration day for the six million Jews and other victims murdered in the Nazi Holocaust during World War Two. The measure, expected to be approved on Tuesday by consensus, urges members to "inculcate" future generations with the lessons on the genocide so it would not be repeated in the future. The resolution, first proposed by the U.S, Israel, Russia, Australia, and Canada, was co-sponsored by nearly 100 nations.


2005-11-01 00:00:00

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