Toronto (February 27, 2018) - Canadian Foreign AffairsMinister Chrystia Freeland today addressed the 5th Meeting of the 37th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Minister Freelandspoke about Canada’s commitment to defending human rights around the world.

At the end of her statement,Minister Freeland touched on how the United Nations rose out of the ashes ofWWII and stated “It is worth recalling that that conflict saw the horrors ofthe Holocaust. The unspeakable tragedy of the Holocaust was enabled in part byantisemitism, which had endured on the European continent for generations.Those who do not remember history are indeed doomed to repeat it. So I wouldlike to be very clear – Canada does not tolerate antisemitism at any time andin any form.”

FSWC would like to thankMinister Freeland for reiterating the importance of learning from the Holocaustand Canada’s commitment to not tolerating antisemitism in any form.

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Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) is a top Jewish human rights foundation in Canada's organized Jewish community. It directly impacts over 100,000 people each year and 500,000+ peripherally. FSWC is committed to countering racism and antisemitism and to promoting the principles of tolerance, social justice and Canadian democratic values through advocacy and educational programs including workshops, Freedom Day, Spirit of Hope Benefit, Tools for Tolerance and the widely acclaimed Tour for Humanity. FSWC is affiliated with the Simon Wiesenthal Center, an international Jewish human rights organization headquartered in Los Angeles which has won two Academy Awards, has built two Museums of Tolerance (with a third being built in Jerusalem) and is an NGO at the United Nations, UNESCO, OAS, OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Latin American Parliament. Visit us at www.fswc.ca. 

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