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U.S. to present UN resolution condemning Holocaust deniers
By Reuters

The United States intends to introduce a United Nations resolution on Tuesday condemning deniers of the Holocaust, a document drafted in response to a conference in Iran last month dominated by delegates who questioned the extermination of six million Jews by the Nazis in World War II.

U.S. officials hope the resolution, which so far is backed by 39 nations including European nations, Russia and China, could be adopted on Friday in the 192-member UN General Assembly.

The measure urges member states "to reject any denial of the Holocaust as a historical event" and "condemns without reservation any denial of the Holocaust."
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It does not mention Iran by name, although American officials said it was a reaction to the Tehran conference convened in December by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Most speakers threw doubt on the mass extermination of Jews.

Since coming to power in August 2005, Ahmadinejad has caused an international outcry by terming the Holocaust a "myth" and calling Israel a "tumor" in the Middle East.

At the urging of former Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the General Assembly in 2005 held its first ever session on the Holocaust to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.

The Assembly designated January 27 as the International Day of Commemoration for victims of the Holocaust and the U.S. resolution is timed to coincide with that date.

Up to 1.5 million prisoners, most of them Jews, were killed in Auschwitz alone. A total of six million Jews and millions of others including Poles, homosexuals, Russians and Gypsies were murdered by the Nazis and their allies during the war.

The UN was founded on the ashes of World War II and the UN Charter includes the words "untold sorrow" as the world was learning the full horror of the Nazi German death camps.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in December, shortly before he took office, that it was unacceptable for Iran to deny the Holocaust or call for Israel to be wiped off the map.

"Denying historical facts especially on such an important subject as the Holocaust is just not acceptable," Ban said
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  1.   Denying Israeli crimes against Palestinians is also 07:54  |  Khalid 23/01/07
  2.   Bravo USA! 08:07  |  Gina 23/01/07
  3.   unwise proposal 08:18  |  Carolina 23/01/07
  4.   Good Idea. At least we will see who supports Ahmadinejad. 08:30  |  Vittorio 23/01/07
  5.   The world should condemn the Holocaust of Armenians 08:35  |  Vittorio 23/01/07
  6.   It wasn`t just the jews.. 08:49  |  George 23/01/07
  7.   What sick joke is this? 09:11  |  Marilyn 23/01/07
  8.   #1 KHALID HOW About aresolution ON MUSLIM WOMENS HUMAN RIGHTS 09:13  |  paul harris 23/01/07
  9.   #3 BECAUSE CAROLINE ONLY THE JEWS HAVE BEEN PERSECUTED FOR 1800 Y 09:15  |  paul harris 23/01/07
  10.   They Should Condemn The Armenian One And Khalid... 09:15  |  Yosemite 23/01/07
  11.   What can you expect from Iran? 09:29  |  Leon Dychter 23/01/07
  12.   For Yosemite # 10 09:33  |  Clickfool 23/01/07
  13.   Just One More Thing Khalid 09:39  |  Yosemite 23/01/07
  14.   genocide in Australia 09:49  |  LDychter 23/01/07
  15.   Clickfool 09:54  |  Yosemite 23/01/07
  16.   A Good Standard 10:11  |  Paulo 23/01/07
  17.   CLIKKY YOUVE GOT YOUR KNICKERS IN ATWIST 10:15  |  paul harris 23/01/07
  18.   Actually Clickfool, If I Were You Right Now... 10:18  |  Yosemite 23/01/07
  19.   #7 GENOCIDE MARYLIN ? TOUCH OF THE SUN AGAIN ? 10:19  |  paul harris 23/01/07
  20.   Lichtenstein To Condemn Earth-Is-Flat Theorists 10:19  |  chet 23/01/07
  21.   clickfool when as you stop butchering afghan 10:20  |  flashman 23/01/07
  22.   the scumbags who deny the tragedy 10:22  |  flashman 23/01/07
  23.   Even more important than the actual wording of the resolution, is 10:24  |  Nadav 23/01/07
  24.   #5, Vittorio - Armenian genocide and others 10:25  |  Fritz 23/01/07
  25.   The US vs. Linda Lovelace 10:25  |  Cynical 23/01/07
  26.   The best way ... 10:28  |  EhadHaAm 23/01/07
  27.   For rambling Paul Harris # 17 10:35  |  Clickfool 23/01/07
  28.   Paulo - Having been away, I wonder if you responded 10:37  |  Yoram Tehar-Lev 23/01/07
  29.   the hater clcikfool 10:39  |  flashman 23/01/07
  30.   the hater clcikfool 10:39  |  flashman 23/01/07
  31.   #7, hmm tiny difference 10:39  |  Danny - Israeli one 23/01/07
  32.   the young generals sharon and mattityahu peled 10:40  |  flashman 23/01/07
  33.   clickfool land grab in 1967 would have been from the west bank 10:43  |  flashman 23/01/07
  34.   #12, I am glad you have retreated into rhetoric 10:45  |  Danny - Israeli one 23/01/07
  35.   How about condemnation of "Palestinian-deniers"? 10:45  |  John 23/01/07
  36.   QUITE A "DEJA VU," IT WILL FAIL OF COURSE 10:52  |  indrajaya 23/01/07
  37.   #24, firstly your numbers are wrong 10:53  |  Danny - Israeli one 23/01/07
  38.   clickfool the racist and "land grab" dayan to uzi narkiss 10:57  |  flashman 23/01/07
  39.   #11, "what can you expect from Iran?" 10:58  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/01/07
  40.   One thing to deny the dead 11:00  |  Marilyn 23/01/07
  41.   In reply to #35, "John" 11:00  |  Johnny 23/01/07
  42.   For Flashman # 29 11:10  |  Clickfool 23/01/07
  43.   KHALID. Denying Pal& their Nazi allies` crimes against Jews. 11:12  |  PETER SM 23/01/07
  44.   Question for Flashman 11:14  |  Clickfool 23/01/07
  45.   The right thing to do, but.... 11:18  |  Jeremiah 23/01/07
  46.   What about condemning Palestine denial, US? 11:18  |  Michael 23/01/07
  47.   let the racist clickfool post the dayan quote 11:23  |  flashman 23/01/07
  48.   clickfool 11:28  |  harzion 23/01/07
  49.   clickfool 11:28  |  harzion 23/01/07
  50.   Hard times for Abbas 11:29  |  Jonathan S 23/01/07
  51.   Peter SM you are a fool 11:30  |  Marilyn 23/01/07
  52.   For "Harzion-Flashman" # 48 11:52  |  Clickfool 23/01/07
  53.   Global Censorship 11:53  |  Rafi 23/01/07
  54.   PAUL Harris! 11:56  |  Khalid 23/01/07
  55.   Silent Paulo, I am still waiting to read your response 11:56  |  Yoram Tehar-Lev 23/01/07
  56.   It means many things . . . . 11:56  |  Spirit of Gibson 23/01/07
  57.   For Flashzion, on the Moshe Dayan 1967 Landgrab quote # 47 11:58  |  Clickfool 23/01/07
  58.   yosemite: enough red herrings 12:00  |  Khalid 23/01/07
  59.   Yosemite again 12:08  |  Khalid 23/01/07
  60.   MARYLIN.You are either ignorant or a liar or both 12:24  |  PETER SM 23/01/07
  61.   Yosemity 12:24  |  Bandar Michaels 23/01/07
  62.   Ban Ki moon 12:25  |  Tina 23/01/07
  63.   to Khalid no1 12:30  |  Tina 23/01/07
  64.   Wrong reasons 12:33  |  Edith 23/01/07
  65.   #57, don`t bother - it is bollocks 12:45  |  Danny - Israeli one 23/01/07
  66.   To Vittorio 12:47  |  Georges 23/01/07
  67.   #60, Of course she doesn`t know what she is talking about 12:49  |  Danny - Israeli one 23/01/07
  68.   I Applaud the Effort, But... 12:55  |  CHGODMK 23/01/07
  69.   Yoram Tehar-Lev (Post No. 55) 13:18  |  Johnny Weintraub 23/01/07
  70.   Question for Marilyn (Post No. 51) 13:27  |  Johnny Weintraub 23/01/07
  71.   Rafi, it is also utterly grotesque to deny the deaths 13:28  |  CHGODMK 23/01/07
  72.   #54 NO KHALID I HAVE NO PROBLEM I AM NOT AMUSLIM 13:34  |  paul harris 23/01/07
  73.   #53, eh, how is this censorship? 13:35  |  Danny - Israeli one