“With 130 votes in favor (2 against, 51 abstained), the resolution“ 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 ”was approved. message from the permanent mission of Russia to the UN.
The United States and Ukraine opposed the resolution.
At the plenary meeting of the GA🇺🇳 130 votes in favor (2 against, 51 abstained) approved the resolution “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 "pic.twitter.com/UUPJYMPLVI
- Russian Mission UN (@RussiaUN) December 16, 2020
In December 2019, the UN General Assembly also adopted a Russian resolution to combat the glorification of Nazism.
Then the number of co-authors of the resolution, which Russia submitted to the UN General Assembly, reached 62, and the United States and Ukraine, as in previous years, opposed the document.