Press Release: The Netherlands: Universal values are a mission, says Balkenende

'The Second World War and the Shoah have taught us that there are universal values we must never give up. Values are not something that we possess. They are a mission we must carry through to the end.' This is what Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said in his speech to the memorial assembly at the Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem on 16 March 2005