Western states resist UN resolution denouncing Nazism
A total of 54 nations, among them the US, Canada, and Germany, have turned down a resolution on anti-racism that was proposed by Russia. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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A total of 54 nations, primarily from the West, have opposed a resolution initiated by Russia that condemns Nazism during a vote held at the UN on Monday.
Countries voting against the motion included the US, Canada, Germany, France, Australia, Austria, Greece, Italy, Poland, Finland, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine. Despite their dissent, the Third Committee of the General Assembly accepted the resolution, entitled “Combating the Glorification of Nazism, Neo-Nazism, and Other Practices That Contribute to Fueling Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance.”
The resolution received backing from 116 countries, which featured Azerbaijan, Algeria, Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Serbia, and Syria, while 11 UN members chose to abstain from the vote.
Grigory Lukyantsev, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Multilateral Cooperation on Human Rights, remarked before the vote that the victory over Nazism achieved during World War II “cannot be revised.” He asserted, “The adoption of this resolution is our duty before those who gave their lives for the sake of peace on Earth, for the triumph of humanity and humanism. Any other stance would be nothing but cynicism and heresy towards those who liberated the world from the horrors of National Socialism.”
Russia has been presenting this resolution annually since 2005. Last year, it received support from 112 countries, while 50 voted against it and 14 abstained.
The current draft of the resolution was co-authored by Algeria, Venezuela, China, North Korea, Pakistan, Cuba, South Africa, and several other nations.
The 74-paragraph document denounces the glorification and propaganda of Nazism, endorses efforts to maintain historical accuracy, and calls for actions against the denial of crimes against humanity as well as preventing historical revisionism related to the Second World War. Furthermore, the resolution “strongly condemns the use in educational settings of educational material and rhetoric that promulgate racism, discrimination, hatred and violence on the basis of ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief.”
Max Fischer contributed to this report for TROIB News
Countries voting against the motion included the US, Canada, Germany, France, Australia, Austria, Greece, Italy, Poland, Finland, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine. Despite their dissent, the Third Committee of the General Assembly accepted the resolution, entitled “Combating the Glorification of Nazism, Neo-Nazism, and Other Practices That Contribute to Fueling Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance.”
The resolution received backing from 116 countries, which featured Azerbaijan, Algeria, Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Serbia, and Syria, while 11 UN members chose to abstain from the vote.
Grigory Lukyantsev, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Multilateral Cooperation on Human Rights, remarked before the vote that the victory over Nazism achieved during World War II “cannot be revised.” He asserted, “The adoption of this resolution is our duty before those who gave their lives for the sake of peace on Earth, for the triumph of humanity and humanism. Any other stance would be nothing but cynicism and heresy towards those who liberated the world from the horrors of National Socialism.”
Russia has been presenting this resolution annually since 2005. Last year, it received support from 112 countries, while 50 voted against it and 14 abstained.
The current draft of the resolution was co-authored by Algeria, Venezuela, China, North Korea, Pakistan, Cuba, South Africa, and several other nations.
The 74-paragraph document denounces the glorification and propaganda of Nazism, endorses efforts to maintain historical accuracy, and calls for actions against the denial of crimes against humanity as well as preventing historical revisionism related to the Second World War. Furthermore, the resolution “strongly condemns the use in educational settings of educational material and rhetoric that promulgate racism, discrimination, hatred and violence on the basis of ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief.”
Max Fischer contributed to this report for TROIB News
