- Published: 10.06.2015.
EU Joint Response to Russia’s neo-Nazism report
Head of the EU Delegation to the UN in New York, Ambassador Thomas Mayr Harting, published a joint response by the EU member states to Russia’s report on neo-Nazism in the western countries
Head of the EU Delegation to the UN in New York, Ambassador Thomas Mayr Harting, published a joint response by the EU member states to Russia’s report on neo-Nazism in the western countries and asked that it be distributed as the official document of the General Assembly and the Security Council.
EU Joint Response to the Russian “Report on Neo-Nazism”
“We are aware that the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a report on “Neo-Nazism - a dangerous threat to human rights, democracy and the rule of law” at the end of April 2015 and that Russia has requested that this report be circulated as a United Nations document.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs report contains factual inaccuracies and selective information on the situation in the European Union and its Member States. The report is also geographically incomplete. A chapter on the situation in Russia, for example, is missing.
The European Union regrets that Russia tries to establish parallels between current and past political developments in the context of the ongoing crises.
The European Union is committed to the global fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism. The European Union and its Member States continue to take firm steps to address this at home, including in the context of the Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia. Their condemnation and combat must be a common and consensual priority for the whole international community. The European Union calls on all United Nations Member States to stay united to fight racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism, to tackle decisively hate crimes and hate-speech, and to cooperate in this regard.”