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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 23/01/07
  74.   For Danny - Israeli One #65 - on Israel`s Landgrab War, Part 2 13:41  |  Clickfool 23/01/07
  75.   For Danny - Israeli One #65 - on Israel`s Landgrab War, Part 3 13:44  |  Clickfool 23/01/07
  76.   Marilyn, you are right. Genocide is being attempted in the 13:53  |  CHGODMK 23/01/07
  77.   FOCUS ON ALL...Not Just One!. ...Disrespect/Resentment. 14:17  |  Proud Pal Defender 23/01/07
  78.   For Marilyn 14:21  |  D 23/01/07
  79.   Today the Jews world population is over 14million 14:22  |  dav 23/01/07
  80.   What happened to Part 1 of my 1967 Landgrab War quotes? 14:25  |  Clickfool 23/01/07
  81.   Proud Pal Defender 14:36  |  CHGODMK 23/01/07
  82.   No land grabs...no land theft....spoils of war 14:42  |  albert amato 23/01/07
  83.   #79 BREAKDOWN OF FIGURES PLEASE CONFIRM BIRTH RATES SINCE 1945 15:03  |  paul harris 23/01/07
  84.   #80 THEY ENDED UP IN THE LITTLE ROOM ON STRING 15:07  |  paul harris 23/01/07
  85.   FAKE Clickfool postings above. Please disregard 15:31  |  Clickfool 23/01/07
  86.   #79 dav: Jewish population would be over 100 million 15:37  |  Yacov 23/01/07
  87.   For Albert Amato on the spoils of war # 82 15:38  |  Clickfool 23/01/07
  88.   #80, I assume because the were just as much nonsense as before 16:08  |  Danny - Israeli one 23/01/07
  89.   click you should have left well alone 16:12  |  harzion 23/01/07
  90.   #74 and a tiny matter for the first quote 16:12  |  Danny - Israeli one 23/01/07
  91.   click a bigot should not be loooking after 16:13  |  harzion 23/01/07
  92.   Khalid...you are not denying the holocaust, only its victims 16:14  |  SHIMON 23/01/07
  93.   We need a resolution? 16:20  |  Archangel 23/01/07
  94.   #84, actually it wouldn`t 16:21  |  Danny - Israeli one 23/01/07
  95.   But Holocaust denial is practised by Israel also 16:24  |  Stephen Murray 23/01/07
  96.   The Land of the free,,, 16:29  |  Hanoman 23/01/07
  97.   clickfool on the "landgrab" in the 1967 war 16:34  |  flashman 23/01/07
  98.   clickfool after the fact quotes are not history 16:37  |  flashman 23/01/07
  99.   clickfool rabin had a breakdown in the period 16:39  |  flashman 23/01/07
  100.   clickfool and odd bull 16:43  |  flashman 23/01/07
  101.   Khalid khalid khalid who sends children to blow them selves up 16:46  |  fair and square 23/01/07
  102.   IT`S ABOUT TIME! Let`s hope every U.N. member supports this 16:56  |  Smadar 23/01/07
  103.   Holocaust Deniers 16:56  |  BOB FROM THE US 23/01/07
  104.   Mahmoud Abbas has a PhD in it - why is he not boycotted? 17:06  |  Dudu 23/01/07
  105.   clickfool stop puzzling us with fake postings 17:06  |  harzion 23/01/07
  106.   85 Clickfool...yes until they stop the violence. 17:07  |  albert amato 23/01/07
  107.   Clickfool 17:35  |  Avi 23/01/07
  108.   Marilyn 17:46  |  Neal 23/01/07
  109.   CLICKFOOL IT TOOK 6 MONTHS TO CLEAR THE SINAI OF EGYPTIAN WEAPONS 18:10  |  paul harris 23/01/07
  110.   A US political move against Iran 18:16  |  Tosefta 23/01/07
  111.   Who are the real "deniars?" 18:23  |  hollingsworth 23/01/07
  112.   clickfool "shazlis special forces" 18:29  |  flashman 23/01/07
  113.   adding to Carolina`s list... 18:30  |  hollingsworth 23/01/07
  114.   Stephen Murray...what makes u think israel denys them?? 18:32  |  SHIMON 23/01/07
  115.   to flash-in-the-pan 18:37  |  hollingsworth 23/01/07
  116.   # 9 18:50  |  Mike 23/01/07
  117.   Historical Fact? 19:07  |  Bernie 23/01/07
  118.   Why 6 million 19:12  |  Dav 23/01/07
  119.   #83 birth rate 19:18  |  Dav 23/01/07
  120.   More HoloCaust Victims 19:23  |  Bernie 23/01/07
  121.   hollingsworth 19:23  |  nahum 23/01/07
  122.   Hollingsworth 19:25  |  Yosemite 23/01/07
  123.   For Flashzion 19:35  |  Clickfool 23/01/07
  124.   holocuast indudtry 19:36  |  levi 23/01/07
  125.   Holocaust political game 19:37  |  Tosefta 23/01/07
  126.   UN resolution 20:14  |  DAVID KAPLAN 23/01/07
  127.   #111 HOLINSWORTH AND THE USUAL FICTION REVISITED 20:34  |  paul harris 23/01/07
  128.   G-d Bless America 21:07  |  Danite 23/01/07
  129.   Holocaust Denier Tried and Lost 21:11  |  Bruriah Sarah 23/01/07
  130.   Yacov 21:22  |  Danite 23/01/07
  131.   Tosefta does it matter? 21:36  |  Danite 23/01/07
  132.   2 words - Kurt Walheim 21:43  |  natan 23/01/07
  133.   US Resolution in UN to Condemn Holocaust Deniers 22:11  |  Mariam 23/01/07
  134.   To Georges: Majority of Israelis recognize and condemn........... 22:18  |  Vittorio 23/01/07
  135.   Hollingswerth #11 -- you are a pathetic lying fool 22:39  |  bbl 23/01/07
  136.   to B. S. 22:48  |  hollingsworth 23/01/07
  137.   same for Nakba deniers 22:59  |  Jan Elshout 23/01/07
  138.   # 55 Yoram 23:02  |  Axel 23/01/07
  139.   Re:Jan Elshout (137) "In 1948 ..." 23:17  |  Vittorio 23/01/07
  140.   #136 YOU DIDNT READ IT EITHER !!! 23:18  |  paul harris 23/01/07
  141.   #137 EVIDENC EEVIDENCE AND FACT ARE MISSING FROM THE MYTH 23:20  |  paul harris 23/01/07
  142.   U.S. to present UN resolution condemning Holocaust deniers 23:23  |  soaker 23/01/07
  143.   Not even a matter of any argument 23:29  |  TonyL 23/01/07
  144.   @6,george 00:10  |  vladimir 24/01/07
  145.   to marilyn # 7 ,,,,your are the sick joke 00:12  |  terrornator 24/01/07
  146.   @9 paul harris, you are wrong, jews were persecuted 00:13  |  vladimir 24/01/07
  147.   This is an interesting about face Khalid 00:21  |  Jacob Blues 24/01/07
  148.   "THE ROLE OF ZIONISM IN THE HOLOCAUST." 00:25  |  Maureen Ann 24/01/07
  149.   1. Khalid: Dont twist history 00:32  |  KUTW 24/01/07
  150.   The biggest threat to the memory of the Holocaust is its exploi 00:32  |  Apartheid 24/01/07
  151.   2. Carolina: proposal 00:37  |  KUTW 24/01/07
  152.   Levi in Utah 00:45  |  CHGODMK 24/01/07
  153.   @79, dav you are an idiot. 00:58  |  vladimir 24/01/07
  154.   6 million 01:25  |  kel 24/01/07
  155.   Lets prosecute human rights abusers first. 01:31  |  Nick Ferriman 24/01/07
  156.   Danite #128 01:36  |  LL 24/01/07
  157.   free speech 01:37  |  Larry 24/01/07
  158.   #2 Gina 01:40  |  Larry 24/01/07
  159.   6 million 01:42  |  kel 24/01/07
  160.   #9 Paul Harris 01:47  |  Larry 24/01/07
  161.   #110, Tosefta 01:59  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/01/07
  162.   #128, Danite 02:07  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/01/07
  163.   demonstrably wrong? 02:34  |  hollingsworth 24/01/07
  164.   Comprehension (Cipora #154) 03:44  |  Tosefta 24/01/07
  165.   # 3 Because 03:52  |  Lynn 24/01/07
  166.   LL Thank you! 03:58  |  Danite 24/01/07
  167.   It is Generally Agreed by Scholars 03:58  |  Dick Hertz 24/01/07
  168.   Cipora 03:59  |  Danite 24/01/07
  169.   #5 Armenia 04:00  |  Lynn 24/01/07
  170.   # 12 Clickfool 04:04  |  Lynn 24/01/07
  171.   Maureen Anne 04:05  |  Danite 24/01/07
  172.   WH DOES THE REPORT SAY? 04:08  |  TOBIA 24/01/07
  173.   Kel # 152 I am Totally in Agreement. However 04:19  |  Dick Hertz 24/01/07
  174.   MAUREEN ANN 04:20  |  TOBIA 24/01/07
  175.   LARRY THEY WOULD TURN IN THEIR GRAVES 04:24  |  TOBIA 24/01/07
  176.   Proud Pal Defender 04:24  |  Lynn 24/01/07
  177.   # 64 Edith 04:29  |  Lynn 24/01/07
  178.   YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED#156 04:30  |  TOBIA 24/01/07
  179.   # 68 Resolution 04:31  |  Lynn 24/01/07
  180.   Not forget this one 04:40  |  zelliejf 24/01/07
  181.   # 117 Bernie 04:44  |  Lynn 24/01/07
  182.   #25 now here is a clear thinking poster 04:53  |  ballistic 24/01/07
  183.   #165, Danite 05:09  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/01/07
  184.   Hey Marilyn (igorant as usual) 05:12  |  Mick 24/01/07
  185.   #174TOBIA Well gee TOBIA... 05:34  |  Maureen Ann 24/01/07
  186.   Maureen Ann I Saw A Sign The Other Day 06:21  |  Yosemite 24/01/07
  187.   Hollingsworth Honestly! 06:28  |  Yosemite 24/01/07
  188.   About time UN showed that it wasn`t created only to be used as a 08:36  |  Marwan مروان خوري 24/01/07
  189.   U.N. resolution 08:48  |  Adina 24/01/07
  190.   Owning a tragedy . . . . 09:06  |  revoltop 24/01/07
  191.   For Lynn # 170 09:11  |  Clickfool 24/01/07
  192.   #186 Yosemite, I am not surprised what you would see in Hollywood 09:31  |  Maureen Ann 24/01/07
  193.   PS to Yosemite... 09:43  |  Maureen Ann 24/01/07
  194.   On the subject of the Holocaust 09:57  |  Hannah 24/01/07
  195.   A bad idea! 10:32  |  Deborah 24/01/07
  196.   Holocaust Denial 10:35  |  Brigitte Meier 24/01/07
  197.   Sad that we do need the resoution 10:40  |  Joe 24/01/07
  198.   #194, Hanna 10:47  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/01/07
  199.   #186 response; if you have facts on your side 10:54  |  ballistic 24/01/07
  200.   #193 Maureen; in addition to 10:59  |  ballistic 24/01/07
  201.   Hi, Hannah, I wish to talk with you about the Holocauset 11:16  |  Petra 24/01/07
  202.   #200 Hi ballistic, a couple of days before... 11:42  |  Maureen Ann 24/01/07
  203.   #137, but surely you support freedom of speech 14:33  |  Danny - Israeli one 24/01/07
  204.   #155, I agree 14:36  |  Danny - Israeli one 24/01/07
  205.   #191, difference is... 14:40  |  Danny - Israeli one 24/01/07
  206.   #202, of course the less crazy explaination 14:43  |  Danny - Israeli one 24/01/07
  207.   Denying the Holocaust 16:47  |  Andrew Mohan Charles 24/01/07
  208.   Denial Holocaust 16:53  |  Andrew Mohan Charles 24/01/07
  209.   time to fish or cut bait on the "six million" 17:38  |  hollingsworth 24/01/07
  210.   #167 "It is Generally Agreed by Scholars" 17:46  |  hollingsworth 24/01/07
  211.   hollingsworth # 210 The Reaon For My Sarcastic 20:12  |  Dick Hertz 24/01/07
  212.   #209, and as if on cue the idiot speaks 22:20  |  Danny - Israeli one 24/01/07
  213.   to poor poor Hollingswerth of 209 01:13  |  bbl 25/01/07
  214.   YOU ARE MISSING THE POINT 00:51  |  Landulf the 2nd 28/01/07
  215.   Hitler 04:24  |  Joe 24/01/08
  216.   Hitler 04:26  |  Joe 24/01/08
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