Annan Calls For Annual Holocaust CommemorationUnited NationsAnnan, Eulogizing Survivor-Activist, Calls For Annual Holocaust CommemorationSpeaking at the memorial for Holocaust survivor and rights activist Simon Wiesenthal, who died last week, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for a yearly, international day of Holocaust commemoration.
"As Simon Wiesenthal himself might well have said, we cannot just consign this evil to the past and forget about it," Mr. Annan
said at the ceremony yesterday. "Every generation must be on its guard."
"Simon devoted decades to this struggle. His work to pursue a proper reckoning for those who committed the crimes of the Holocaust sent an important message to the world that impunity should not be allowed to stand," he added...
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