The resolution was expected to be supported by all parties, bearing in mind that the then Soviet Union, Britain, and the United States worked together to defeat Nazi Germany during World War II (1939-1945).
However, this Thursday, the United States and Ukraine were the only two countries to vote against the document that opposes the glorification of Nazism and other practices that exacerbate contemporary forms of racism, xenophobia, and intolerance.
Washington and its neo-imperial propaganda tend to label almost everyone who issues criteria against its administration as fascist, but at the UN they vote against the “Resolution to fight against Nazism. Double standards,” wrote US activist Ernst Wittmoore on Twitter.
Ukraine’s decision is not surprising, but that of the United States is. Do you now hate Russia so much that you refuse to condemn Nazism just to anger Moscow? The analyst added.
In an editorial, the international news station Russia Today (RT) stated that the resolution was most likely viewed as a political stab in Ukraine.
“Neo-Nazi groups are well represented in the Ukrainian power strata, even though some of their members were accused of crimes and torture during the civil war in the southeast of the country,” RT commented.
According to the statement, at least one of these neo-fascist organizations, the Azov Battalion, acquired US weaponry throughout the fight.
The US claims that its opposition to the Russian resolution is unrelated to its support for Ukrainian neo-Nazi organizations, but the facts show otherwise, according to RT.
Every year, Russian authorities offer the same resolution, but Washington has opposed it, claiming that prohibiting the "glorification of Nazism" conflicts with preserving the American people's freedom of expression.
While Nazism is "widely reviled by the American people," even "avowed Nazis" are protected by the Constitution, according to Washington's UN delegation in November.
The statement, which received endorsement from 130 nations this year, urges governments to adopt legislative and pedagogical steps to avoid denial of crimes against humanity and war crimes perpetrated during WWII.
