The full text of the speech pronounced by the new President of the European Parliament, German Martin Schulz, at an event marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day - the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet troops on 27 January 1945- this week at the European Parliament in Brussels.
Only 0.5 percent of students surveyed say the Holocaust memorial ceremonies, which take place for Israeli children throughout their school years, were significant in their Holocaust education.
In 2012, Belgium assumes the presidency of the ''International Task Force for Holocaust Remembrance, Education and Research'', which defends democratic values through educational efforts against racism and anti-Semitism.
Following pullout of Gulf Arab states, observer mission resumes activities for first time in a week; France, Britain push UN Security Council to call for Assad's ouster as 27 more killed.