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To: Scoobah who wrote (19986)	1/27/2007 10:16:56 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 32591

UN General Assembly condemns Holocaust denial Last Updated: Friday, January 26, 2007 \| 12:18 PM ET CBC News The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution Friday attacking Holocaust denial, without naming the most prominent recent denier, Iran. The resolution, co-sponsored by 103 countries and approved by consensus without a vote, "condemns without reservation any denial of the Holocaust," the murder of six million Jews by Germany during the Second World War. Denying the Holocaust increases the risk that there will be another, similar event, the resolution said. Iran, where President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has denied the Holocaust, recently held a conference for deniers sponsored by Ahmadinejad. He has called the Holocaust a myth. Iran didn't vote at the UN Friday. The resolution was put forward by the United States earlier this week. The UN has designated Jan. 27 as the annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The resolution: Condemned any denial of the Holocaust. Urged UN members to reject any denial of the historical event. The Anti-Defamation League, which fights anti-Semitism, this week lobbied countries to back the resolution. "It is a sad reality that the denial of the Holocaust is becoming increasingly common," the league said, citing the conference in Iran. "The United Nations itself is not immune from this poison," the league said, as the Iranian ambassador to the UN's Human Rights Council had written to the council