On what date did the UN approve the Genocide Convention?
1 January 1945
9 December 1948
24 October 1945
10 December 1948
Answer
The UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide on December 9, 1948, as a response to the atrocities committed during World War II. This landmark international treaty defines genocide as acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group.
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