Germany welcomes UN resolution against Holocaust denial The Israeli-proposed text was developed with the help of Germany and co-sponsored by several dozen of the 193 states that make up the United Nations. Iran, however, expressed opposition to the resolution, stating that Tehran dissociated itself from the text. The resolution “rejects and condemns without any reservation any denial of the Holocaust as a historical event, either in full or in part,” according to the text. The Holocaust saw the genocide of six million European Jews between 1939 and 1945 by the Nazis and their supporters. The text “commends” countries that preserve...