Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling
contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
A/RES/72/156
2008, 64/148 of 18 December 2009, 65/240 of 24 December 2010, 66/144 of
19 December 2011, 67/155 of 20 December 2012, 68/151 of 18 December 2013,
69/162 of 18 December 2014 and 70/140 of 17 December 2015, and its resolution
71/181 of 19 December 2016, entitled “A global call for concrete action for the total
elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and
the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and
Programme of Action”,
Acknowledging other important initiatives of the General Assembly aimed at
raising awareness about the suffering of victims of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and related intolerance and all forms of discrimination, including in the
historical perspective, in particular regarding commemoration of the victims of
slavery and the transatlantic slave trade,
Recalling the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal and the Judgment of the
Tribunal, which recognized as criminal, inter alia, the SS organization and all its
integral parts, including the Waffen SS, through its officially accepted members
implicated in or with knowledge of the commission of war crimes and crimes against
humanity connected with the Second World War, as well as other relevant provisions
of the Charter and the Judgment,
Recalling also the relevant provisions of the Durban Declaration and
Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference against Racism, Racial
Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance on 8 September 2001, 9 in
particular paragraph 2 of the Declaration and paragraph 86 of the Programme of
Action, as well as the relevant provisions of the outcome document of the Durban
Review Conference of 24 April 2009, 10 in particular paragraphs 11 and 54,
Alarmed at the spread in many parts of the world of various extremist political
parties, movements and groups, including neo-Nazis and skinhead groups, as well as
racist extremist movements and ideologies, and at the fact that this trend has resulted
in the implementation of discriminatory measures, policies and bills at the local or
national levels,
Deeply concerned by all recent manifestations of violence and terrorism incited
by violent nationalism, racism, xenophobia and related intolerance, including during
sports events,
Recognizing with deep concern the alarming increase in instances of
discrimination, intolerance and extremist violence motivated by anti -Semitism,
Islamophobia and Christianophobia and prejudices against persons of other ethnic
origins, religions and beliefs,
Mindful of the horrors of the Second World War, and stressing in this regard that
the victory over Nazism in the Second World War contributed to establishing the
conditions for the creation of the United Nations, designed to prevent fu ture wars and
save succeeding generations from the scourge of war,
1.
Reaffirms the relevant provisions of the Durban Declaration 9 and of the
outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, 10 in which States condemned
the persistence and resurgence of neo-Nazism, neo-Fascism and violent nationalist
ideologies based on racial and national prejudice and stated that those phenomena
could never be justified in any instance or in any circumstances;
2.
Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur of the
Human Rights Council on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination,
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See A/CONF.189/12 and A/CONF.189/12/Corr.1, chap. I.
See A/CONF.211/8, chap. I.
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