Decision ‘08

UN Holocaust Resolution Provides Handy List Of Anti-Semites

I love the idea of a UN resolution condemning Holocaust denial, not because the message is needed (thought it is), but because it provides a handy guide to nations that give quasi-official status to anti-Semitism. The rogues gallery includes much of the Middle East and a good deal of leftist Latin America:

The U.N. General Assembly condemned on Friday denials of the Holocaust in a U.S.-drafted resolution responding to a Tehran conference dominated by speakers questioning the extermination of 6 million Jews in World War Two.

The measure, co-sponsored by more than 100 countries, including all Western nations as well as Rwanda, Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, was approved by consensus, without a vote. Iran disassociated itself from the action, calling the resolution a political exercise Israel would exploit against Palestinians.

But at least 22 nations left their seats empty in the assembly hall, including Bolivia, Chile and Columbia, who were also co-sponsors. Others not attending or sponsoring included Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, and even Cambodia, itself a victim of genocide, U.S. officials said.

If anyone comes across a complete listing of the 22 vacant nations, please let me know…