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The United States and four other countries have asked the United Nations (UN) to designate 27 January as an annual day to rememb

The United States and four other countries have asked the United Nations (UN) to designate 27 January as an annual day to remember the six million Jews and the countless others who were killed in the Nazi Holocaust. A letter from the nations, which also included Russia, Israel, Australia and Canada, requests the General Assembly to add the proposal to its agenda, noting that this year's 60th anniversary of the United Nations coincided with the 60th year of the end of the war. The United Nations bore a special responsibility "to ensure that the Holocaust and its lessons are never forgotten and that this tragedy will forever serve as a warning to all people of the dangers of hatred, bigotry, racism and prejudice," the letter said. A draft resolution proposed by the five countries would build on the January commemoration and designate 27 January "as an annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust." It would also urge the 191 UN member states to develop programs to educate future generations on the lessons from the Holocaust "to prevent future acts of genocide." Secretary general Kofi Annan is asked to establish an educational program entitled "The Holocaust and the United Nations."

Источник: worldjewishcongress.org