U.N. asked to commemorate Holocaust

AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 8/18/05 | Edith M. Lederer - AP

[NormsRevenge]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States and several other nations have asked the United Nations to designate January 27 as an annual day to remember the six million Jews and the countless others who perished in the World War II Nazi Holocaust.

A letter from the nations, which also included Russia, Israel, Australia and Canada, circulated Thursday requests the General Assembly to add the proposal to its agenda, noting that this year's 60th anniversary of the United Nations coincides with the 60th year of the end of the war.

"The Holocaust constituted a systematic and barbarous attempt to annihilate an entire people, in a manner and magnitude that have no parallel in human history," the five countries said.

Since the United Nations was founded on the ashes of the Holocaust with a commitment to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war," it bears a special responsibility "to ensure that the Holocaust and its lessons are never forgotten and that this tragedy will forever serve as a warning to all people of the dangers of hatred, bigotry, racism and prejudice," their letter said.

The United Nations has long been accused of having an anti-Semitic agenda, and its connection to the Holocaust was largely ignored until this year. At the urging of the United States, the General Assembly held the first session in its history dedicated to the Holocaust in January to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the death camp liberations.

The U.N.'s recognition of its link to the Holocaust, in some of the strongest language ever, was seen as a watershed event.

A draft resolution proposed by the five countries would build on the January commemoration and designate January 27 "as an annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust."

It would also urge the 191 U.N. member states to develop programs to educate future generations on the lessons from the Holocaust "to prevent future acts of genocide." Secretary-General Kofi Annan would also be asked to establish a U.N. educational program entitled "The Holocaust and the United Nations."

If approved, all countries would be asked to reject any full or partial denial of the Holocaust. They would also be asked to condemn "all manifestations of religious intolerance, incitement, harassment or violence against persons or communities based on ethnic origin or religious belief, wherever they occur."

[NormsRevenge]

That's almost like serving a double portion of garlic ice cream as dessert and making the attendees at a vampire convention dinner eat it,, .

[mmercier]

I will be breathlessly awaiting quifi and the Pygmies that run the UN to even consider this.

[SJackson]

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[KateatRFM]

I expect they will query if they could do it without mentioning Jews.....

[Rosemont]

Unfortunately, the UN will propbably celebrate the event as a party!

[Smartass]

NOW THAT'S A LAUGH

[Sabramerican]

How many Jews have to die at the re-enactment part of the celebration?

[Renegade]

Being of Germanic heritage , I am appaled that there is no call to remember the holocaust delivered to the Germanic tribes by Attila the Hun .

[rose]

I am delighted, and am wondering if this would have happened w/out John Bolton being there? Just wondering....

[denydenydeny]

January 27 is a much better Holocaust commemmoration day than the current one in April, which is on or around Hitler's birthday. I never understood why they used that day anyway.

[CorbyCard]

I think many of the member nations try to recall the Holocaust every day -- that's certainly how the Arab world acts.

[sergeantdave]

Good, but can we also remember the 100 million killed by communists? Oh, the communists aren't done yet.

Never mind.

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

I make the following prediction, based upon what I've seen the enemies of freedom do it in other groups that they have infiltrated: The members of the U.N., with prompting from the international Marxist fascists, will turn any Holocaust day of the U.N. that might get approved into something expanded and perverted, and in which the organizers mention Hitler's mass murders, but turn quickly to claim the Jews are carrying out a Holocaust on the Palestinians. That is the spin that will get spun and covered by Leftist organizations and media.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Amen! Great picture!!!!!

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Now that graphic is a keeper!

[knighthawk]

I beleive the UN has a day for the Palestinians, but since the Arabs/islamics mostly are in denail of the Holocaust I don't think the UN cares for it.