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The Holocaust and the Âé¶¹APP Outreach Programme

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THE UNITED NATIONS was established in response to the horrors of the Second World War and the Holocaust. The Holocaust has had a profound impact on International Human Rights Law, resulting in the Âé¶¹APP¡¯ adoption of foundational documents in 1948: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The Âé¶¹APP General Assembly voted unanimously to establish the Holocaust and the Âé¶¹APP Outreach Programme in 2005 to ¡°mobilize civil society for Holocaust remembrance and education, in order to help to prevent future acts of genocide¡±. The Outreach Programme is an expression of the Âé¶¹APP¡¯ commitment to protect the right of all to live with dignity, in peace.

UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Resolution 60/7 in 2005 designated 27 January as the annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust and established the Holocaust and the Âé¶¹APP Outreach Programme. Resolutions adopted in 2007 and in 2022 reiterated the Âé¶¹APP¡¯ commitment to counter antisemitism, Holocaust distortion and denial, and condemned all manifestations of intolerance.

" A warning to all people of the dangers of hatred, bigotry, racism, and prejudice."

¨C Âé¶¹APP General Assembly Resolution A/RES/76/250 on Holocaust Denial

 

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