Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony and Concert 2008

In observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, a special memorial ceremony and concert was held at UN Headquarters. The ceremony featured a concert with the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music Symphony Orchestra, Tel Aviv University, in cooperation with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the world renowned maestro Zubin Mehta. This recording is an edited version.
Statements by Kiyotaka Akasaka, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information; Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Srgjan Kerim, President of the Sixty-second session of the General Assembly; Daniel Gillerman, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations; and Katrina Lantos, daughter of United States Congressman Tom Lantos.