UNGA Adopted a Resolution on Combating the Glorification of Nazism
Maria Zakharova (Мария Захарова)(Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman) | The Third Committee of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly adopted a traditional Russian-initiated resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices | The Third Committee of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly adopted a traditional Russian-initiated resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to the escalation of contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance”. 40 countries co-sponsored it. 116 countries voted in favor, 54 opposed and 11 abstained. List of those who opposed the condemnation of racism and the glorification of Nazism:
USA, Canada, Ukraine, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Austria, Australia, Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Japan, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fiji, Georgia, Hungary, New Zealand, Iceland, Ireland, Kiribati, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, Montenegro, Norway, San Marino, Northern Macedonia, Monaco, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Republic of Korea, Palau, Montenegro, Tonga, Fiji. [Translation: DeepL (free version)]
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