Tajikistan has supported entitled “Combating Glorification of Nazism, Neo-Nazism and Other Practices that Contribute to Fueling Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance” that was submitted by Russia for consideration to the United Nations General Assembly.

According to OCHA’s website, amid spirited debate, the Assembly adopted a draft on combating the glorification of Nazism by a recorded vote of 120 in favor to 50 against, with 10 abstentions (Afghanistan, Ecuador, Myanmar, Palau, Panama, Papau New Guinea, Samoa, Switzerland, Republic of Korea and Turkiye).   

The representative of the Russian Federation, describing the vote as shocking, said that, for the first time in the history of the United Nations, former Axis Powers voted against a text condemning Nazism.  Criticizing a country-specific approach to a thematic resolution, he rejected amended operative paragraph 4, which condemns Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine.

Echoing his stance, China’s delegate opposed attempts to distort the history of the Second World War.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s delegate stressed that operative paragraph 4 speaks about Moscow’s endeavors to justify its military invasion and territorial aggression on the purported basis of eliminating neo-Nazism.

Along similar lines, the representative of the United States stressed that Moscow’s resolution is not a serious effort to combat Nazism and antisemitism; instead, it is a shameful ploy to justify its war of aggression in Ukraine.