UN General Assembly passes Russian resolution on combating glorification of Nazism

17 декабря 2021

The UN General Assembly passed the Russian resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism. preventing revision of the results of World War II and denial of crimes against humanity. "130 countries voted for it and 49 abstained. Two were "against":  the United States and Ukraine. The document was titled "Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to the escalation of contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance." The resolution recommends that countries take appropriate, concrete measures, "including in the fields of legislation and education, in accordance with their international human rights obligations.