"HOLOCAUST"

Speaking ahead of the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, observed on June 18, the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, said that “the root causes” of hate speech “are not technological” but “technology is really just the means through which these ideas are communicated.” UNIFEED

“These clothes represent the latest moment of my daughters, how their lives have been taken, how young they were, angels,” a survivor said in an interview on the occasion of the exhibition "Stories of Survival and Remembrance - A Call to Action for the Prevention of Genocide.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, co-director of the documentary The US and the Holocaust, said, “the idea that our leaders, our Congress, the State Department, and more importantly for me, the American people” were unaware of the Holocaust, “is just not true.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “at its essence, Holocaust remembrance is a call to be on constant alert. Never to be silent in the face of hate. Never tolerant of intolerance. Never indifferent to the suffering of others.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “let us stem the tide of human cruelty and fight antisemitism and all forms of racism wherever and whenever it manifests itself,” adding “Let us forever keep the memory of the past alive – and never let others forget either.” UNIFEED

Ahead of his meeting with President of Ukraine Volodymr Zelenskyy and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Secretary-General António Guterres visited the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, cradle of human rights law in Ukraine. He was received by its rector, Volodymyr Melnyk, who explained the University’s and its scholars’ important contributions to the world’s science, international law and diplomacy. OCHA

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Warning incitement of racial, religious hatred can trigger atrocity crimes, Special Adviser stresses States’ legal obligation to prevent genocide.

The President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, said that “cyberspace and social media together with the proliferation of disinformation and fake news have aggravated the effects of hate speech to unprecedented heights.” UNIFEED