Holocaust Memorial Day

House of Lords written question – answered at on 10 January 2011.

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Photo of Lord Alton of Liverpool Lord Alton of Liverpool Crossbench

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations declaration revealing information on the extermination of the Jewish communities of eastern Europe and announced in the House of Commons on 17 December 1942.

Photo of Lord Howell of Guildford Lord Howell of Guildford Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (International Energy Policy)

The Government have no plans specifically to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the UN declaration revealing information on the extermination of the Jewish communities of eastern Europe.

The UK commemorates this, and other genocides, on Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January each year.

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