A draft resolution detailing measures to be taken against Nazism and racial intolerance has been placed on the provisional agenda of the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Economic and Social Council. The draft stems from resolutions adopted by the General Assembly in Dec. 1967 and Dec. 1968 condemning racism, Nazism, apartheid “and all similar ideologies and practices which are based on racial intolerance and terror as gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms.”
The draft resolution noting that “Hitlerite Nazism” started World War II, warned that Nazism “including its present day manifestations…may jeopardize world peace and the security of peoples.” It expressed “profound disquiet” that not all states are responding to appeals to observe the principles contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It would have the General Assembly “urgently call upon those states…to take immediate and effective measures…for the complete prohibition of Nazi, neo-Nazi and racist organizations and for their prosecution in the courts.”
The draft resolution also calls on all states to observe a day each year “in memory of the victims of the struggle against nazism and similar ideologies and practices based on terror and racial intolerance.”
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