UN General Assembly Resolution 61/255

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United Nations General Assembly resolution international condemnation of Holocaust denial

UN General Assembly Resolution 61/255 is a 2007 UN measure that condemned Holocaust denial and urged all member states to reject any denial of the Holocaust as a historical event.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
A/RES/61/255 1
United Nations General Assembly resolutions concerning the Holocaust 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations General Assembly resolution ⓘ
international condemnation of Holocaust denial ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionMethod without a vote ⓘ
aimsTo combat Holocaust denial ⓘ
preserve the memory of the Holocaust ⓘ
prevent revisionism regarding the Holocaust ⓘ
callsFor education and remembrance of the Holocaust ⓘ
public rejection of Holocaust denial ⓘ
callsUpon all United Nations Member States ⓘ
category United Nations General Assembly resolutions adopted in 2007 ⓘ
UN General Assembly Resolution 61/255 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United Nations General Assembly resolutions concerning the Holocaust
condemns Holocaust denial ⓘ
distortion of the Holocaust ⓘ
coSponsor Member States of the European Union ⓘ
surface form: European Union member states

Israel ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateAdopted 26 January 2007 ⓘ
documentSymbol UN General Assembly Resolution 61/255 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: A/RES/61/255
geographicalScope global ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus non-binding resolution ⓘ
linkedTo InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay ⓘ
surface form: International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
notes that ignoring historical facts increases the risk of their repetition ⓘ
partOf United Nations efforts to combat racism and intolerance ⓘ
reaffirms UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 ⓘ
surface form: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 60/7
recognizes that Holocaust denial fuels antisemitism ⓘ
the Holocaust as a historical event ⓘ
relatedTo Holocaust education ⓘ
United Nations human rights framework ⓘ
prevention of genocide ⓘ
resolutionNumber 61/255 ⓘ
sessionNumber 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
sponsor Canada ⓘ
subject Holocaust denial ⓘ
Holocaust remembrance ⓘ
combating antisemitism ⓘ
urges all Member States to reject any denial of the Holocaust as a historical event ⓘ
yearAdopted 2007 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

UN General Assembly Resolution 61/255 → category → UN General Assembly Resolution 61/255 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations General Assembly resolutions concerning the Holocaust
UN General Assembly Resolution 61/255 → documentSymbol → UN General Assembly Resolution 61/255 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: A/RES/61/255
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 → followedBy → UN General Assembly Resolution 61/255 ⓘ