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UN: US vote against UN resolution condemning glorification of Nazism
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19.11.2016
The United States voted against a Russian-authored UN resolution condemning the glorification of Nazism at the UN headquarters in New York, Friday.
The US was one of only three countries to vote against the resolution, which was named "Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance," the other two being Ukraine and Palau.
In a statement, Deputy U.S. Representative to the Economic and Social Council, Stefanie Amadeo, said that "due to this resolution's overly narrow scope and politicised nature, and because it calls for unacceptable limits on the fundamental freedom of expression, the United States cannot support it."
Both the US and Ukraine have in the past accused Russia of using accusations of Nazism and neo-Nazism to condemn former soviet states.
The US was one of only three countries to vote against the resolution, which was named "Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance," the other two being Ukraine and Palau.
In a statement, Deputy U.S. Representative to the Economic and Social Council, Stefanie Amadeo, said that "due to this resolution's overly narrow scope and politicised nature, and because it calls for unacceptable limits on the fundamental freedom of expression, the United States cannot support it."
Both the US and Ukraine have in the past accused Russia of using accusations of Nazism and neo-Nazism to condemn former soviet states.
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