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Honouring the courage and dedication shown by the soldiers who liberated the
concentration camps,
Reaffirming that the Holocaust, which resulted in the murder of one third of
the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities, will forever be
a warning to all people of the dangers of hatred, bigotry, racism and prejudice,
Resolves that the United Nations will designate 27 January as an annual
1.
International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust;
2.
Urges Member States to develop educational programmes that will
inculcate future generations with the lessons of the Holocaust in order to help to
prevent future acts of genocide, and in this context commends the Task Force for
International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research;
3.
Rejects any denial of the Holocaust as an historical event, either in full or
part;
4.
Commends those States which have actively engaged in preserving those
sites that served as Nazi death camps, concentration camps, forced labour camps
and prisons during the Holocaust;
Condemns without reserve all manifestations of religious intolerance,
5.
incitement, harassment or violence against persons or communities based on ethnic
origin or religious belief, wherever they occur;
Requests the Secretary-General to establish a programme of outreach on
6.
the subject of the “Holocaust and the United Nations” as well as measures to
mobilize civil society for Holocaust remembrance and education, in order to help to
prevent future acts of genocide; to report to the General Assembly on the
establishment of this programme within six months from the date of the adoption of
the present resolution; and to report thereafter on the implementation of the
programme at its sixty-third session.
42nd plenary meeting
1 November 2005
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