Foreign Secretary David Miliband made a statement on Holocaust Memorial Day. He said:

'Today we remember the victims of the Holocaust and vow to learn the lessons of the appalling period of European history which claimed the lives of six million Jews. We also remember the victims of other genocides including in Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda, to ensure that their stories are never forgotten.
 
This year the theme of the Holocaust  Memorial Day is 'Stand up to Hatred'. It reminds us all  of our duty to challenge prejudice and discrimination where we find it. The British Government will continue to  challenge racism and anti-Semitism and  promote the human rights of all people across the world, and we call upon other states to do the same.
 
Holocaust Memorial Day has rightly established itself as an important day in the calendar, and I congratulate all those involved in its organisation and throughout the year to preserve the memory of what happened and ensure it does not happen again.'

Notes for Editors

We will co-host the inaugural conference for the Inter-Parliamentary Commission for Combating Anti-Semitism (ICAA) on 16-17 February.  The ICAA is an umbrella framework that assembles parliamentarians from around the world who take an active interest and involvement in confronting anti-Semitism.  Its principal purpose is to share knowledge, experiences, best practice, and recommendations among these key parliamentarians and encourage their dissemination.

Read the announcement of the conference here. 

The UK recently assumed the Chair of the International Commission of the International Tracing Service, the largest archive of Holocaust era documents, including concentration camp and forced labour records.

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