61/255 GA
Holocaust denial
61
Session
| Draft symbol | A/61/L.53 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 61/255 |
| Sponsors (1) | |
| UN Document | 61/255 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/61/PV.85
Speeches following this vote (11)
The President
Before giving the floor to delegations wishing to speak in explanation of position on the resolution just adopted, may I remind delegations that explanations of vote are limited to 10 minutes and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Mr. Abdelaziz
The delegation of Egypt joined the consensus on this resolution, stressing once again our strong belief that the Holocaust deserves to be remembered as one of the dark points in the history of humanity. We thank the sponsors, particularly those from among the European countries, for keeping this memory alive and for working towards correcting those mistakes.
The adoption of this resolution today…
Mrs. Asmady
My delegation joined the consensus on the adoption of this resolution for the following reasons. The Holocaust is undoubtedly one of the most terrible crimes against humanity ever committed. It reminds us of the dangers inherent in all forms of prejudice and discrimination. For more than 50 years, the world has struggled with that reality and its implications for the relations between and among p…
Mr. Palavicini-Guédez
The delegation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela joined the consensus on the adoption of resolution 61/255, in keeping with our constitution and with historical Bolivarian principles. Likewise, we supported resolution 60/7 and its explanatory memorandum (A/60/194, annex I), which stated, in its paragraph 2, that the Holocaust was “a systematic and barbarous attempt to annihilate an entire p…
The President
We have heard the last speaker in explanation of position.
The General Assembly has just adopted draft resolution A/61/L.53, on Holocaust denial. By this action today, the Assembly reaffirms its condemnation of the Holocaust as a crime against humanity. This is a strong reminder to all that the international community is united in opposing all crimes against humanity.
For the dignity of all hum…
Mr. Gillerman
Thank you, Madam President, for your words just now.
My delegation wishes to thank, first and foremost, all the sponsors of this resolution on Holocaust denial, as well as all the members in this
Hall who supported the resolution and what it stands for.
The adoption by consensus of resolution 60/7, on Holocaust remembrance, more than a year ago was a historic milestone for the General Assembly…
Mr. Matussek
Before I speak on behalf of the European Union, let me first emphasize that I am aware that the unprecedented crime of the Holocaust was committed by Germans and in the name of Germany, and that from that stems our very special responsibility. In 1945, after the liberation of the camps
and the defeat of Germany, it would have been presumptuous for us to hope that a country that had turned Europe…
Mr. Churkin
The Second World War ended over 60 years ago, but the memory of the monstrous crimes of Nazism lives on. If we are to eliminate any possibility of a future recurrence, we simply have no right to forget the tragedy of the Holocaust. No one can remain indifferent to anti-Semitism, xenophobia and racial or religious intolerance.
Today, we see the Holocaust not only as a tragedy of the Jewish people…
Mr. Wolff
The United States strongly supports today’s resolution, which condemns without reservation any denial of the Holocaust. This Assembly should be proud of adopting today’s resolution by consensus. It is shameful that one country decided to reject that consensus.
Tomorrow will be the sixty-second anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a Nazi death camp where over 1 million people were murdered…
Mr. Weisleder
Costa Rica supports the statement made by the representative of Egypt.
We supported resolution 61/255 on behalf of the Costa Rican citizens who survived the Holocaust — whose arms still bear the numbers tattooed on them in the death camps of Europe — and in memory of the families who were massacred in the Holocaust, as well as on behalf of Costa Rican citizens of all religions, ethnicities, sexu…
The President
The General Assembly has thus concluded this stage of its consideration of agenda item 44.
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