Could a great change be coming at the UN? Incoming UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Iran today that it was unacceptable to deny the Holocaust or call for Israel to be wiped off the map. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad just ended a two-day international conference on the Holocaust that was dominated by speakers who questioned the extermination of 6 million Jews by the Nazis.
"Denying historical facts especially on such an important subject as the Holocaust is just not acceptable," Ban said. "Nor is it acceptable to call for the elimination of states or people. I would like to see this fundamental principle respected in both rhetoric and practice by all the members of the international community." A former South Korean foreign minister, Ban assumes his post on January 1.
One can only hope that you're correct, but the skeptical side of me says that UN administration will work to get Ban Ki-Moon's mind right.
Posted by: James Lawson | Dec 14, 2006 at 15:17