70th Anniversary of Convention to Prevent Genocide

Event entitled “Seventieth anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime”

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Side Events
• Video Length: 01:24:28
• Production Date: 7 December 2018
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
• Personal Subject: ALISON SMALE; ANTONIO GUTERRES; MARIA F. ESPINOSA GARCES; ADAMA DIENG
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION - DPI; OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL ADVISER ON THE PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE - OSAPG
• Subject Topical: GENOCIDE; GENOCIDE PREVENTION
• MAMS Id: 2328645
• Parent Id: 2328201

Description

In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly established 9 December as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime. The 9th of December is the anniversary of the adoption of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the “Genocide Convention”). This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Convention.