The United States and Ukraine opposed Russia’s resolution to combat the glorification of Nazism. This is evidenced by the results of the vote of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN General Assembly) on Thursday, December 16.
130 countries voted for the document entitled “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”, 49 abstained, only two countries opposed – the United States and Ukraine, reported the Russian mission to the UN on its Twitter page.
The resolution recommends that countries take certain measures, “including in the legislative and educational fields, in accordance with their international human rights obligations, in order to prevent a re-examination of the outcome of World War II and the denial of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during during the Second World War “.
In addition, in the document, Russia calls on countries to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination by means of the necessary means, including by law. The resolution also condemns the use of educational materials promoting racism, discrimination and hatred based on nationality and religion.
On October 25, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that the whole spectrum of manifestations at the state level of the line on the glorification of Nazism was recorded in Ukraine, the country’s authorities are rewriting history. The department noted that the distorted interpretations of historical events by the Ukrainian authorities are aimed at cultivating nationalism among the broad masses of the population.
Earlier, on October 20, Senator from Crimea Olga Kovitidi told Izvestia that the proposal of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) to call the Great Patriotic War a Soviet-German war causes justified concern, since it points to destructive civilizational processes in the country. According to her, such statements by the Ukrainian authorities require Russians to be conscious and effectively oppose any attempts to falsify history.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said on July 5 that there are supporters of Nazism and Bandera supporters in Ukraine. According to a Kremlin spokesman, they have a tremendous impact on the public and internal political life of the country.
Source: IZ
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