Kofi Annan joins the "bizarre worldwide hue and cry" over Iran's Holocaust conference

Good heavens! Kofi's gone over to the World Arrogance! From UPI via Washington Times:

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, referring to an upcoming Iran meeting, deplores any conference that would question the reality of the Holocaust.

He was reacting Thursday to reports Iran would host a conference next week to discuss the scale and nature of the Nazi slaughter of 6 million Jews. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who called the meetting, already has dismissed the Holocaust as a myth.

"The secretary-general personally believes that any attempt to cast doubt on the reality of this unique and undeniable horror must be firmly resisted by all people of good will and of whatever faith," Stephane Dujarric, Annan's spokesman, told reporters at U.N. World Headquarters in New York.

"The secretary-general would deeply deplore any conference whose purpose is to question or deny the reality of the Holocaust. Only a year ago the (U.N.) General Assembly passed a resolution which 'rejects any denial of the Holocaust as an historical event, either in full or part,'" Dujarric added.

He noted that Annan spoke to Ahmadinejad about the issue when he met with him in Tehran, Iran's capital, in September. Annan also voiced "shock" last year when the Iranian leader was first reported to have made the remarks and to have called for Israel to be wiped off the map.

In his statement today, the spokesman recalled the same assembly resolution designated Jan. 27 as an annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust and he stressed Israel is a full U.N. member and its rights need to be fully respected, just like those of all the other 191 Member States.

(Hat Tip: Lucianne.com)

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