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UN-backed conference raises awareness of evils of anti-Semitism
Zyklon B containers, used in gas chambers in Nazi death camps such as Auschwitz, in the Holocaust in which six million Jewish people were mass-murdered.
Photo: Michael Hanke
In continuing efforts to ensure that the crime of genocide does not occur again, the United Nations co-sponsored on November 18 2010 a conference in Ireland to discuss both the historical and contemporary contexts of anti-Semitism, including Holocaust denial, the UN News Service said.
"Holocaust denial is anti-Semitism. It wounds the people who suffer the most – the survivors," said Kiyo Akasaka, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, in a message to the International Conference on Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial in Dublin.
"It extends this hurt to every Jewish person, as a heartless reminder of the unspeakable cruelty and the ruthless attempt to eliminate every member of their families," Mr. Akasaka told the conference, which is co-sponsored by the UN Department of Public Information and Holocaust Education Trust Ireland, with the support of the Government of Ireland and other partners.
The UN has called for the rejection of the denial of the Holocaust, in full or in part, through resolutions adopted by the 192-member General Assembly.
Mr. Akasaka encouraged participants attending the two-day event to make efforts to dispel the myths associated with anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial and to fight discrimination.
"We have not fully understood that discrimination against people anywhere hurts people everywhere. Minorities of all kinds continue to be persecuted and murdered. And too often, we have been indifferent," he said.
Through its ‘Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme,’ the UN helps to ensure that people everywhere are better educated about the events that led to the Holocaust in order to help prevent genocide in the future.
"Holocaust denial is anti-Semitism. It wounds the people who suffer the most – the survivors," said Kiyo Akasaka, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, in a message to the International Conference on Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial in Dublin.
"It extends this hurt to every Jewish person, as a heartless reminder of the unspeakable cruelty and the ruthless attempt to eliminate every member of their families," Mr. Akasaka told the conference, which is co-sponsored by the UN Department of Public Information and Holocaust Education Trust Ireland, with the support of the Government of Ireland and other partners.
The UN has called for the rejection of the denial of the Holocaust, in full or in part, through resolutions adopted by the 192-member General Assembly.
Mr. Akasaka encouraged participants attending the two-day event to make efforts to dispel the myths associated with anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial and to fight discrimination.
"We have not fully understood that discrimination against people anywhere hurts people everywhere. Minorities of all kinds continue to be persecuted and murdered. And too often, we have been indifferent," he said.
Through its ‘Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme,’ the UN helps to ensure that people everywhere are better educated about the events that led to the Holocaust in order to help prevent genocide in the future.
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I was listening to an episode of a television show called "the Golden Girls." One of the characters, Blanche who feared the'change of life' - aging- commented that she would need to turn intellectual and find a retired Jewish man. I took this to be pro-semitic. On a grand scale, Elie Wiesel, Nobel laureate who survived the concentration camp has become an advocate of peace going to Darfour and other such places to do what he can. Only through activating our compassion can we really make a difference. And yes, to deny genocide anywhere is to reinforce the perpretators of [...]
Read the full comment injustice through our apathy.
Virtually every History PhD in the free world will stake his or her career on known Holocaust facts. Despite this, Holocaust deniers ply their mendacious poison everywhere, especially with young people on the Internet. We must tell the true story of the perpetrators of genocide, revealing the terror, humiliation and degradation resulting from such blind loathing and prejudice. We must disclose the cruelty and horror of genocide to combat the deniers’ virulent and inaccurate historical revision. By doing this, we protect vulnerable future generations from making the same mistakes.
Whenever we stand up to those who [...]
Read the full comment deny or minimize genocide we send a critical message to the world. As we continue to live in an age of genocide and ethnic cleansing, we must repel the broken ethics of our ancestors, or risk a dreadful repeat of past transgressions. A world that continues to allow genocide requires ethical remediation. We must show the world that religious, racial, ethnic and gender persecution is wrong; and that tolerance is our progeny's only hope. Only through such efforts can we reveal the true horror of genocide and promote the triumphant spirit of humankind.
Charles Weinblatt
Author, Jacob’s Courage
http://jacobscourage.wordpress.com/
Let us not also forget the biggest genocide of the 21st century where 1 Million innocent Iraqi's have been wiped out by UN bombs, missiles and bullets, in the pursuit of what ? Democracy. HA !!!!