UN General Assembly approved resolution on Holocaust

PanARMENIAN.Net - On January 25 the UN General Assembly approved a resolution, which condemns Holocaust denial as a fact of history, France Presse reports. The document was backed by 103 UN member countries of 192, no voting has been held. The resolution was introduced on Tuesday by the U.S. representative. It calls upon all the UN member states to unconditionally reject full or partial doubts on Holocaust. There is no mentioning of a certain country in the document, but it indicates "ignorance of the horrible historical facts of Holocaust, which increases the possibility of its repetition."



The resolution of the General Assembly does not have binding force like Security Council's resolutions, but they have moral and symbolic force. The voting was held on the eve of International Commemoration Day for Holocaust Victims January 27. This date was chosen for the liberation of prisoners in Auschwitz in January 27, 1945, the biggest death camp of Nazi Germany.