⚡️ On the adoption by the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee of Russia’s resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism On November 10 in New York, the Third Committee of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution put forward by Russia entitled “Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance”. 🌐 The resolution was co-sponsored by 45 states: Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, China, the Republic of the Congo, Cuba, the DPRK, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Mali, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. ☝️ 117 states voted in favour, 53 voted against and nine abstained. The vote demonstrates the broad international support this key Russian initiative continues to enjoy at the UN. The resolution’s adoption is particularly significant this year. It marks 80 years since the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg concluded the trial of senior officials of the Third Reich and 25 years since the World Conference against Racism adopted its outcome document, the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. The resolution expresses deep concern over any form of glorification of the Nazi movement, neo-Nazism and former members of the Waffen-SS, including the erection of monuments and memorials and the holding of public demonstrations glorifying the Nazi past and neo-Nazism. ❗️ It is particularly alarming that countries of the “collective West”, especially EU member states, where these practices occur regularly, refuse to acknowledge or address them and choose instead to oppose multilateral efforts to combat various forms of intolerance. The stance taken by the former Axis powers – Germany, Italy and Japan – is of particular concern. Their votes against the resolution show that they have forgotten the tragic lessons of their own 20th-century history. They also cast doubt on the sincerity of their professed humanist values and their commitment to the obligations they assumed on joining the UN. The resolution makes a practical and substantial contribution to global efforts to eradicate Nazism, racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of related intolerance. 🤝 Russia expresses its sincere gratitude to all those who stood firm on principle despite the pressure they faced. They reaffirmed that any attempt to revise the outcome of World War II is unacceptable and that the UN Charter and the Judgement of the Nuremberg Tribunal remain inviolable. Read in full