The United Nations General Assembly has approved a Russia-sponsored draft resolution aimed at combating the glorification of Nazism. A total of 117 countries, including Armenia, voted in favor.
The voting results were published on social media by Grigory Lukyantsev, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, Sputnik Armenia reports.
A total of 53 countries voted against the Russian initiative, while nine abstained.
The document also calls on the international community to take measures to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination.
The UN has adopted a resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism annually since 2005. The initiative aims to condemn the promotion of Nazi ideology and attempts to revise the outcomes of World War II.
