UN’s GA adopts resolution condemning Holocaust denial

NEW YORK, 21 January 2022, (TON): RIA Novosti correspondent reports “the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning and rejecting the denial of the Holocaust as a historical event.”

More than 60 countries acted as co-sponsors of the resolution, including Israel, the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Ukraine, Georgia.

The resolution was adopted without a vote.

According to the text of the resolution, the General Assembly rejects and unconditionally condemns any total or partial denial of the Holocaust as a historical event.

The UNGA “strongly urges all Member States to unreservedly reject any total or partial denial of the Holocaust as a historical event or any distortion of its history and any actions taken to this end.”

The General Assembly expresses its gratitude to the countries that contribute to the preservation of sites used as Nazi death camps.

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