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Every year on 27 January, the international community comes together to commemorate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This Day was chosen by the United Nations General Assembly to mark the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp in 1945.
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The children's choir of the school "La Châtaigneraie (Ecolint)" sings the song Wiegala.
Welcome and introduction by Master of ceremony, Ms. Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the UN Information Service Geneva
Message of Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
Remarks by Ms. Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
Remarks by His Excellency Mr. Daniel Martin Meron, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations Office at Geneva
Remarks by Ambassador Her Excellency Ms. Lotte Knudsen, Permanent Representative of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations Office at Geneva
Lighting of the candles
Minute of silence
The children's choir of the school "La Châtaigneraie (Ecolint)" sings the song "I believe".
Keynote address by Mr. Ivan Lefkovits, Holocaust survivor, with the support of Mr. Daniel Johnson, UN Information Service