Finally!

Gee, even the UN can get something right.

The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution to declare January 27th as the new annual international day to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust.

On January 27th, 1945 Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated.

Deputy Minister Michael Melchior, who is responsible for the government's response to anti-Semitism, welcomed the decision. "This important declaration by the United Nations comes very late, but better late than never. By declaring this day, the United Nations is recognizing the importance of dealing with anti-Semitism which gave birth to the most terrible crime in the history of humanity," he said.

According to Melchior, "By its decision to institute an international day of Holocaust Remembrance, the United Nations is giving recognition to the fact that the attempted extermination of the Jewish people serves as a warning to all of humanity of the dangers of hatred and racism which can even lead to the extermination of a people."