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Saving succeeding generations.

Publication: UN Chronicle
Publication Date: 01-JUN-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Coinciding with the sixty-third anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charters, an engaging and educative panel discussion on genocide prevention, with its theme titled "Saving Succeeding Generations", was held on 26 June 2008 at UN Headquarters, in collaboration with the Outreach Division of the UN Department of Public Information and the United Nations University.

In his opening remarks at the panel discussion, under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public information Kiyo Akasaka stated that 63 years ago, in the aftermath of two world wars and the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust, world leaders signed the Charter of the United Nations in San Francisco on 26 June 1945. The UN charter signing represented the hopes of "saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war."

Mr Akasaka stated that "the basic values enshrined in the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights remain the guiding principles for...

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