In Africa and India, papers argue that the slogan "never again" has proved hollow, as attempts to wipe out ethnic or religious minorities have continued worldwide.

BBC: NEWS | Americas | World press digests Auschwitz lessons

The SNC was born of a power-sharing agreement between Syria's most powerful exiled opposition faction, the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, and secular groups, grass-roots activists, and independent opposition leaders from religious or ethnic minorities, like Mr. Sieda.

WSJ: Syria Opposition Picks Kurdish Dissident as Leader

The World Conference on Human Rights reaffirms the obligation of States to ensure that persons belonging to minorities may exercise fully and effectively all human rights and fundamental freedoms without any discrimination and in full equality before the law in accordance with the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities.

UNESCO: Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action