UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7

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UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 is the 2005 UN measure that established January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and urged global education and commemoration of the Holocaust.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations General Assembly resolution
international legal instrument
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
adoptionMethod without a vote
aimsTo ensure the memory of the Holocaust is maintained
help prevent future acts of genocide
callsForAction develop educational programs about the Holocaust
develop educational programs to prevent genocide
establish annual ceremonies to remember the Holocaust
honor the courage of Holocaust survivors
preserve Holocaust sites
preserve the memory of Holocaust victims
reject Holocaust denial
reject Holocaust distortion
callsOn Member States
condemns Holocaust denial
Holocaust distortion
all manifestations of religious intolerance
incitement to violence against persons or communities based on ethnic or religious origin
coSponsor Australia
Canada
European Union member states
Russia
surface form: Russian Federation

United States of America
dateAdopted 2005-11-01
designatedDayFor InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay
surface form: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
designatesDate January 27
documentSymbol UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 self-linksurface differs
surface form: A/RES/60/7
emphasizes importance of educating future generations about the Holocaust
role of Holocaust remembrance in preventing future acts of genocide
encourages Member States to actively preserve sites of former Nazi death camps
Member States to preserve Nazi concentration camps
Member States to preserve Nazi forced labor camps
establishes InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay
surface form: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
followedBy UN General Assembly Resolution 61/255
language English
all official languages of the United Nations
linkedEvent LiberationOfAuschwitz
surface form: liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
notes January 27 is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
recalls GenocideConvention1948
surface form: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
previous United Nations resolutions on genocide prevention
resolutionNumber 60/7
session 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly
sponsor Israel
surface form: State of Israel
subject Holocaust commemoration
Holocaust education
Holocaust remembrance
combating antisemitism
prevention of genocide
protection of religious sites
rejection of Holocaust denial
title Holocaust remembrance

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InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay basedOnResolution UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7
subject surface form: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 documentSymbol UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: A/RES/60/7
UN General Assembly Resolution 61/255 reaffirms UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7
this entity surface form: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 60/7