December 11, 1946 - UN General Assembly Resolution 96(I)
- Recognizes genocide as an international crime
- Unanimously passes resolution condemning genocide as “the denial of the rights of existence of entire human groups,” “shocks the conscience of mankind,” and “contrary to moral law and the spirit and aims of the United Nations.”
- Resolution tasked committee with drafting UN treaty banning crime of genocide
- If the measure passed the General Assembly and ratified by two-thirds of UN member states (20 countries), it would become international law.