The U.N. General Assembly passed its first resolution that explicitly defines anti-Semitism as a form of racism. The resolution urged all governments to cooperate in examining incidents of racism. It was adopted on the 50th anniversary of the signing of a U.N. convention on genocide, which was approved because of the Holocaust.
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