NHRC calls for awareness of genocide in the International Day of Holocaust – proceso.com.mx

MEXICO CITY (approved) .- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) called on citizens to become aware of the genocidal acts “despicable, as the still taking place in various parts of the world, to prevent and avoid them. “

About the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust 27 January-next-the reiterated its condemnation of such acts” that are part of the pages dark history of humanity “.

In a statement, the CNDH said that during that stage of World War II,” more than six million people were compromised to unimaginable limits, which is considered the greatest act of barbarism. ” In it he said, “an ideology exercised violence and mass atrocity against the people, under the idea of ​​a supposed racial superiority.”

The Commission stressed the importance of conviction exists in the new generations ethics not to repeat such “horrors”. He added that “the exercise of memory is a fixation on the past, but a commitment to life, based on the idea that we can settle as human beings with critical thinking and committed to human rights.”

According to the agency, the United Nations General Assembly, by its resolution 60/7, elected on January 27 as the International Day of Commemoration in memory of Holocaust victims.

At the time, called on Member States to develop educational programs for teaching future generations about the Holocaust, to prevent acts of genocide.

The same resolution ordered the creation of the Holocaust Outreach Programme and the United Nations. It has set up an international network of partners and has launched initiatives such as the dissemination of educational materials, study guides for students, seminars, professional development programs, documentaries and a permanent exhibition at the UN headquarters in New York.

It also works in conjunction with Holocaust survivors to publicize their stories as a warning against the consequences of anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination. The program emphasizes the relationship between “the underlying causes of genocide, the lessons to be learned from the Holocaust and the promotion of human rights.”