Western countries, by voting against Russia’s resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism, have shown how much their statements about their alleged commitment to human rights obligations diverge from their actions, said Grigory Lukyantsev, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for Multilateral Cooperation on Human Rights.
On 11 November, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted the Russian Federation resolution ‘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’. The document was co-sponsored by dozens of states, including Armenia, Belarus, China, Mali, DPRK, Serbia, South Africa. 116 countries voted in favour of the resolution, 54 opposed, including: Ukraine, USA, UK, Germany, France, Germany, Canada, Hungary and Japan. Eleven nations abstained.
‘I cannot but draw attention to the complete divergence of words from deed. How many of these states have said that they are committed to their obligations under international human rights treaties, to fighting racism. This vote is a stark illustration of how their words, their statements, are at odds with their actions. Delegations say that they are committed to eradicating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, Nazism, neo-Nazism, and then at the same time they vote against condemning these phenomena,’ said Grigory Lukyantsev at a press conference.
At the same time, the director of the department of multilateral cooperation on human rights of the Russian Foreign Ministry believes that the number of its supporters will increase when voting on the resolution at the plenary session of the General Assembly.
‘I expect, because it happens every year and I think that this year will not be an exception’, – concluded Lukyantsev.
We will remind, earlier Russian President Vladimir Putin called Western ideas of the new world order hypocrisy. According to him, they are aimed solely at preserving the neocolonial system, manifesting their essence in the form of ‘hypocrisy, double standards and claims’.
