Holocaust Denial

A/RES/76/250View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 16 Culture of peace, published in 2022.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2007–2022

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2022	A/RES/76/250	Holocaust denial	1,563	8%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/255	Holocaust denial	192	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject

Jewish Holocaust

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Rejects and condemns without any reservation any denial of the Holocaust as a historical event, either in full or in part;

Urges all Member States to reject without any reservation any denial or distortion of the Holocaust as a historical event, either in full or in part, or any activities to this end;

Commends those Member States which have actively engaged in preserving those sites that served as Nazi death camps, concentration camps, forced labour camps, killing sites and prisons during the Holocaust, as well as similar places operated by Nazi-allied regimes, their accomplices or auxiliaries;

Urges Member States to develop educational programmes that will inculcate future generations with the lessons of the Holocaust in order to help to prevent future acts of genocide, and in this context commends the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance;

Urges Member States and social media companies to take active measures to combat antisemitism and Holocaust denial or distortion by means of information and communications technologies and to facilitate reporting of such content;

Requests the United Nations outreach programme on the Holocaust as well as all relevant United Nations specialized agencies to continue to develop and implement programmes aimed at countering Holocaust denial and distortion, and to advance measures to mobilize civil society, and invites all relevant stakeholders, including States, parliaments, the private sector and academia to educate their societies truthfully about the facts of the Holocaust and the importance of its lessons as a countermeasure against Holocaust denial and distortion, in order to prevent future acts of genocide.

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