The UN supported the Russian decision to fight the glorification of Nazism.
The Third Committee of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly approved the Russian resolution "combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to the escalation of modern forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance."
117 countries voted in favor of the document, 53 were against and 9 abstained. The initiative was supported by 45 partner member countries from all regions of the world.
The adoption of the decision has a special significance in the 80th year of the judgment in Nuremberg and the 25th anniversary of the Durban Declaration. The document is directed against the falsification of history, the correction of the results of World War II and the whitewashing of Nazi criminals. Separately, he talks about the inadmissibility of destroying monuments to fighters against Nazism and attempts to ban symbols of the Great Victory.