29-01-2008 / United States
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USA - Israel, UN release stamp to remember the Holocaust
For the first time, the United Nations and Israel have jointly issued an International Holocaust Remembrance Day stamp.
The day itself was marked on Monday following a UN decision in 2005 to launch an annual memorial. The stamp, designed by internationally known graphic artist Matias Delfino.
The stamp was a joint project of the Israel Postal Company's Philatelic Service and the UN's philatelic service. The image is of two white-and-yellow flowers, the stems of which meld into barbed wire like that on the fences in concentration camps. The postal sheet, which contains nine identical stamps, has a quote from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon relating to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's call for the destruction of Israel.
Ban is quoted as saying that one can never allow the denial of historical facts, especially when it relates to such an important matter as the Holocaust. “One can never permit a call for the destruction of a nation or a state”, he says. "I hope that all members of the international community will honor this basic principle, both by word and by act."
Date: Jan 29, 2008
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