☝️ Those who believe to be distant from politics may have missed it, but we cannot be silent about the results of the vote in the UN General Assembly on a Resolution to Combat the Glorification of Nazism, which makes a real contribution to the eradication of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, held on 19 December.
This year the vote (118 countries in favour, while 49 – against) showed the mounting attempts of some states to dispute the results of the World War II enshrined in the UN Charter.
❗️The countries that voted against the resolution, first of all Germany 🇩🇪, Italy🇮🇹 and Japan 🇯🇵, displayed an undisguised sacrilege against victims of Nazism, fascism and militarism.
❌ Rejecting historic memory in pursuit of geopolitical, self-serving and opportunistic interests, Germany and Italy as the former Axis States acted irresponsibly. It raises doubt about sincerity of their previous acknowledgments of their guilt and responsibility for unleashing of the World War II.
⚠️ Such actions are also at odds with their commitments to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter they’d assumed when joining the Organization. Do they want to question the very principles that the UN is based on?
This position of Germany, Italy and Japan as well as some other countries that fought against the anti-Hitler coalition, demonstrates a prematurity of discussions about revising the UN Charter aiming to cancel its language related to “enemy states”.
☝️The UN member-states according to the Charter have responsibility to spare future generations the scourge of war. However, it looks like the countries that voted against the resolution are to be reminded of crimes against humanity committed by the states that supported Hitler.
#UN #UNResolution #CombatTheGlorificationOfNazism
This year the vote (118 countries in favour, while 49 – against) showed the mounting attempts of some states to dispute the results of the World War II enshrined in the UN Charter.
❗️The countries that voted against the resolution, first of all Germany 🇩🇪, Italy🇮🇹 and Japan 🇯🇵, displayed an undisguised sacrilege against victims of Nazism, fascism and militarism.
❌ Rejecting historic memory in pursuit of geopolitical, self-serving and opportunistic interests, Germany and Italy as the former Axis States acted irresponsibly. It raises doubt about sincerity of their previous acknowledgments of their guilt and responsibility for unleashing of the World War II.
⚠️ Such actions are also at odds with their commitments to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter they’d assumed when joining the Organization. Do they want to question the very principles that the UN is based on?
This position of Germany, Italy and Japan as well as some other countries that fought against the anti-Hitler coalition, demonstrates a prematurity of discussions about revising the UN Charter aiming to cancel its language related to “enemy states”.
☝️The UN member-states according to the Charter have responsibility to spare future generations the scourge of war. However, it looks like the countries that voted against the resolution are to be reminded of crimes against humanity committed by the states that supported Hitler.
#UN #UNResolution #CombatTheGlorificationOfNazism