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[[File:Votes on the UN resolution A-RES-75-169.png|alt=Votes on the UN resolution A/RES/75/169, "Yes"=green, "Abstained"=yellow, "Did not vote"=gray, "No"=black.|thumb|Votes on the UN resolution A/RES/75/169 in 2020. "Yes"=green, "Abstained"=yellow, "Did not vote"=gray, "No"=black.]]
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'''Combating glorification of Nazism''' is a series of UN resolutions voted on every year since 2012 in the [[UN General Assembly]]. The full title of each resolution is "Combating glorification of [[Nazism]], [[neo-Nazism]] and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance". The only country to have voted "No" all 9 times is the [[United States|United States of America]]. Other states that have voted "No" are [[Ukraine]] (7 times), [[Palau]] (4 times), [[Cape Verde]] (3 times), [[Kiribati]] (once), and [[Canada]] (once).
'''Combating glorification of Nazism''' is a series of [[United Nations|UN]] resolutions voted on every year since 2012 in the [[UN General Assembly]]. The full title of each resolution is "Combating glorification of [[Nazism]], [[neo-Nazism]] and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of [[racism]], racial discrimination, [[xenophobia]] and related intolerance". The only country to have voted "No" all 10 times is the [[United States of America]]. Other states that voted "no" prior to 2022 are [[Ukraine]] (7 times), [[Palau]] (4 times), [[Cape Verde]] (3 times), [[Kiribati]] (once), and [[Canada]] (once).


Most European countries abstain every year, while countries in Africa, Asia and South America nearly all vote "Yes". Some countries choose to not vote at all, which is different from abstaining.
Most European countries abstain every year, while countries in Africa, Asia and South America nearly all vote "Yes". In 2022, more than 50 countries voted against the resolution,<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[RT]]|title=Over 50 countries vote against UN anti-Nazism resolution|date=2022-11-05|url=https://www.rt.com/news/566021-un-votes-nazism-ukraine-russia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112174230/https://www.rt.com/news/566021-un-votes-nazism-ukraine-russia/|archive-date=2022-11-12|retrieved=2022-11-13}}</ref> including [[Australia]], Canada, [[Japan]], the USA, and all of the [[European Union]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Eric Zuesse|newspaper=Countercurrents|title=U.S. and Allies Vote For Nazism at U.N.|date=2022-11-07|url=https://countercurrents.org/2022/11/u-s-and-allies-vote-for-nazism-at-u-n/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109134223/https://countercurrents.org/2022/11/u-s-and-allies-vote-for-nazism-at-u-n/|archive-date=2022-11-09|retrieved=2022-11-13}}</ref>
 
== References ==
[[Category:UN resolutions]]
[[Category:UN resolutions]]

Latest revision as of 17:54, 13 November 2022

Green: in favor of resolution; Yellow: abstained; Red: against; gray: absent

Combating glorification of Nazism is a series of UN resolutions voted on every year since 2012 in the UN General Assembly. The full title of each resolution is "Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance". The only country to have voted "No" all 10 times is the United States of America. Other states that voted "no" prior to 2022 are Ukraine (7 times), Palau (4 times), Cape Verde (3 times), Kiribati (once), and Canada (once).

Most European countries abstain every year, while countries in Africa, Asia and South America nearly all vote "Yes". In 2022, more than 50 countries voted against the resolution,[1] including Australia, Canada, Japan, the USA, and all of the European Union.[2]

References

  1. "Over 50 countries vote against UN anti-Nazism resolution" (2022-11-05). RT. Archived from the original on 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  2. Eric Zuesse (2022-11-07). "U.S. and Allies Vote For Nazism at U.N." Countercurrents. Archived from the original on 2022-11-09. Retrieved 2022-11-13.