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Tom Lantos: “Mr. Speaker, I spent yesterday at the General Assembly of the United Nations which met in extraordinary session to mark…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2005
Mr. Speaker, I spent yesterday at the General Assembly of the United Nations which met in extraordinary session to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, one of the horror camps of Hitler, and I had the opportunity of meeting with delegates from scores of countries across the globe which came to New York to pay their tribute to innocent victims and the heroic liberators of Nazi death camps. The special session had the strong support of my friend, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.
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Tom Lantos

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Discussing the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at a UN General Assembly session.

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