UN marks 10th anniversary of day of genocide prevention and commemoration

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UN marks 10th anniversary of day of genocide prevention and commemoration  The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday convened a high-level meeting focusing on strengthening resolve and efforts to combat genocide and other atrocities against humanity, in order to prevent the recurrence of such crimes.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/12/10/un-marks-10th-anniversary-of-day-of-genocide-prevention-and-commemoration  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Preventing atrocities and remembering the lives lost.

00:05This is one of the goals of the International Day of Commemoration of the Victims of the

00:09Crime of Genocide and of its prevention on 9th December.

00:13The United Nations mark this occasion with a high-level meeting.

00:17We must critically ask ourselves whether everything is being done to prevent the commission of

00:22the gravest of crimes.

00:25The answer seems to be sufficiently obvious – more needs to be done.

00:31More efforts are necessary when serious allegations of the commission of the crime of genocide are

00:36reaching us in this General Assembly Hall, when risk factors and indicators of this crime

00:42point to the foreseeability of the likelihood of genocide.

00:48This year marks the 10th anniversary of the International Day to commemorate and prevent

00:53genocides.

00:55The occasion allowed for a look back on progress made, but numerous wars are still ongoing

00:59around the world, leading to atrocities against civilians in many cases.

01:04And in September, the world's leading association of genocide scholars declared that Israel was

01:10committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.

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