CSTO States’ delegations made a joint statement at the UN during the adoption of a resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism

“77 years ago, the defeat of the ‘brown plague’ was made possible by a decisive contribution of the peoples of our states, who joined ranks to fight against fascism, and by the tireless labour of our citizens behind the lines,” the statement reads. The anti-Hitler coalition also contributed to the victory over the misanthropic ideology, being a unique example of uniting countries with different political systems for a common goal.
It is noted that the preservation of the truth and memory of the immortal heroic deed is “our sacred duty and an effective instrument to prevent the revival of Nazism. It must not be forgotten that today’s generations exist because of that Victory and benefit from it.”
“We categorically reject and resolutely condemn certain countries’ targeted politically-motivated campaigns to rewrite history and revise and distort the outcome of the Second World War, including attempts to place equal responsibility for unleashing the war on Nazi criminals and on countries of the anti-Hitler coalition,” the statement reads.
“We consider equally unacceptable, blasphemous and cynical any form of glorification of the Nazi movement, neo-Nazism and former members of the Waffen SS organization, including by erecting monuments and memorials and holding public demonstrations to glorify the Nazi past, the Nazi movement and neo-Nazism and also by declaring or attempting to declare members of the organization in question and those who fought against the anti-Hitler coalition, collaborated with the Nazi movement and committed war crimes and crimes against humanity as participants in national liberation movements, as well as naming streets after them in order to glorify them.”
The Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization expressed deep concern at “the growing number of attempts and cases of desecration or destruction of monuments erected in honour of those who fought against Nazism during the Second World War, as well as the unlawful exhumation or removal of their remains, and in this regard urge states to fully comply with their relevant obligations, in particular under Article 34 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949.”
The statement stresses that the states on whose territory the battles of the Second World War took place have a special responsibility to preserve monuments to victorious heroes. “We declare that war graves, memorials and obelisks in honour of those who died in the fight against Nazism must be treated with care. Vandalism against such memorial sites is unjustifiable.
Mindful of the lessons of the past war, we believe that today it is important not just to honour the memory of those who died for freedom and peace on earth, but also to do our utmost to uphold the goals and principles enshrined in the UN Charter after the Second World War,” the statement reads.