Jewish Leaders Respond to Historic UNGA Resolution Condemning Holocaust Denial - The Jewish Voice

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The request for the vote to be taken on this day was at the request of Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan.
54% : We are thankful that the hostages escaped unharmed and also for the efforts of law enforcement and many organizations in our community that contributed to this outcome.
52% : Following the vote, Ambassador Erdan, Germany's Ambassador to the United Nations Antje Leenderts, and the survivors invited to the UN by Ambassador Erdan met with the UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
52% : PP1 Reaffirming the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaims that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth therein, without distinction of any kind, such as, inter alia, race, religion or other status, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which state that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, PP2 Bearing in mind that the founding principle of the Charter of the United Nations, "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war", is testimony to the indelible link between the United Nations and the unique tragedy of the Second World War, PP3 Recalling also the preamble of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states that disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind,
47% : PP12 Noting that 27 January has been designated by the United Nations as the annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, PP12bis
46% : Acknowledging the establishment by the Secretary-General of the Program of outreach on the subject of "Holocaust and the United Nations" as well as the work of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, including on countering Holocaust distortion and denial,
36% : "We hail the passage of this historic resolution, which sends a strong and unambiguous message condemning the growing scourge of Holocaust denial and distortion online and by certain governments like Iran - the only country to oppose the resolution," said SWC Associate Dean and Global Social Action Director Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Rabbi Eric J. Greenberg, Director of United Nations Relations and Strategic Partnership.
35% : In his remarks, Ambassador Erdan alluded to Iran, whose leaders continuously question the Holocaust, "Nations with seats in this hall openly deny the Holocaust, casting doubt on its occurrence and praising its perpetrators.

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