Dear friends!
Today, November 10 in New York, at the plenary meeting of the Third Committee of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, a major Russian initiative was approved in the United Nations General Assembly: the resolution "Combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to inflaming contemporary racism, racial and racial discrimination related to it. ".
Following the vote, the document was supported by 117 countries; 53 voted against, 9 abstained.
The approval of the decision this year is particularly significant considering the 80th anniversary of the judgment of the Nuremberg Tribunals and the 25th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Action Plan.
The Russian initiative, which was presented with the support of a wide range of sponsors - 45 countries from all regions of the world - is intended to serve as an important international legal instrument in the fight against the falsification of history, the correction of the results of World War II and attempts to whitewash the crimes of the Nazis and their accomplices. Special attention is paid to the destruction of monuments to those who fought against Nazism and to attempts to ban symbols symbolizing the Great Victory.
The resolution also emphasizes the inadmissibility of ideologies based on the superiority of certain groups over others on racial, ethnic or religious grounds. This issue remains particularly relevant against the backdrop of the spread of various forms of intolerance, including Islamophobia, Christianophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Russophobia and anti-Semitism.
Despite the clear significance of the issues raised, during the review of the initiative, attempts by a number of Western countries to politicize the debate and replace the essential debate on dealing with the glorification of Nazism with opportunistic accusations against the Russian Federation were once again evident.