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Herzog to address special UN assembly to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAmy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel
President Isaac Herzog will address a special UN assembly next week marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day as well as meet with the UN chief during his visit, his office says.
Herzog will depart for New York on Sunday and deliver the keynote address at the UN gathering marking the day on Monday, January 27, which is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. He will be accompanied by Marianne Miller, who survived the Theresienstadt concentration camp and is the mother of famed Israeli comedian Adir Miller.
During his visit to New York, Herzog is also slated to meet with UN Secretary-General António Guterres for the first time since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. The pair will discuss “advancing international efforts to secure the release of hostages held captive by Hamas terrorists in Gaza,” his office says.
The Times of Israel Community.