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August 31, 2012

Ban Criticizes Iranian Gov't for Israel Comments, Holocaust Denial 
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Also speaking at the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Iran, U.N.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon criticized the host government of Iran for
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hostile words for Israel and
denial of the Nazi Holocaust.

Ban Ki-moon: "As I have repeatedly stated around the world, I strongly
reject threats by any member states to destroy another or outrageous
attempts to deny historical facts such as the Holocaust. Claiming that
another U.N. member state — Israel — does not have the right
to exist or describing it in racist terms is not only utterly wrong, but
undermines the very principles we all have pledged to uphold."

 

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