Minn. Gov. Walz Issues Proclamation on Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month
April 02, 2025
April 02, 2025
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 2 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following proclamation:
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WHEREAS: During the Second World War, Raphael Lemkin, a Polish lawyer of Jewish descent, coined the term genocide to describe a coordinated plan of action aimed at the destruction of the foundations of life for national groups with the aim of annihilating the group itself; and
WHEREAS: Genocide can be identified through actions that disintegrate a group' . . .
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WHEREAS: During the Second World War, Raphael Lemkin, a Polish lawyer of Jewish descent, coined the term genocide to describe a coordinated plan of action aimed at the destruction of the foundations of life for national groups with the aim of annihilating the group itself; and
WHEREAS: Genocide can be identified through actions that disintegrate a group' . . .