Agenda Item 44: Culture of Peace					January 19, 2007


Draft resolution on Holocaust Denial


The General Assembly,

i.    Reaffirming its resolution A/60/7 of 1 November 2005,

ii.   Recalling that resolution A/60/7 observes that remembrance of the Holocaust is critical to preventing further acts of genocide,

iii.  Recalling further that, for this reason, resolution A/60/7 rejects efforts to deny the Holocaust, which by ignoring the historical fact of these terrible events increases the risk they will be repeated,

iv.  Noting that all people and States have a vital stake in a world free of genocide,

v.	Welcoming the establishment by the Secretary-General of a programme of outreach on the subject of the Holocaust and the United Nations, and further welcoming the inclusion by Member States within their educational programmes of measures to confront attempts to deny or minimize the importance of the Holocaust,

vi.	Taking note that 27 January has been designated by the United Nations as an annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust,

1.  Condemns without any reservation any denial of the Holocaust;

2.  Urges all 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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