Political scientist: Russia managed to isolate the West and Japan in the UN General Assembly, by Daria Volkova for VZGLYAD. 12.16.2022.
Political scientist Trukhachev: Voting on the anti-Nazi resolution in the UN General Assembly demonstrated the isolation of the West and Japan.
We need to actively work with countries that do not have an openly anti-Russian position. The vector of this work should be directed to the countries of the non-Western world, as well as to Switzerland. Political scientist Vadim Trukhachev came to this conclusion from a conversation with the VZGLYAD newspaper. Earlier, the UN General Assembly adopted a Russian resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism.
"The results of today's vote in the UN General Assembly are a step in the right direction. Separately, I would single out the fact that Turkey and Switzerland abstained from voting. That is, one European country and one NATO member country decided not to go against Russia. Let me remind you that earlier the Turks have always voted for anti-Russian resolutions at the UN, and the Swiss have abstained only for the second time,” said Vadim Trukhachev, Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Regional Studies and Foreign Policy of the RSUH.
“In addition, it is worth noting that South Korea, one of the key allies of the United States and a very developed country, abstained from voting. It turns out that she may be out of step with her allies,” the source argues.
“As for the German vote, here you should not pay attention to the word “Nazism” in the resolution. European countries and in particular Germany are voting against it simply because it is a Russian resolution. In fact, they are now in a state of cold war against us and reject everything related to our country, ”the expert believes.
“It is bad that the delegations of Iran and Venezuela were absent from the voting, which would potentially be for us. The vote of the countries of Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America in favor of the resolution is a welcome step. It turns out that the collective West and Japan have become isolated to some extent,” Trukhachev said.
"However, so far too many countries are voting for resolutions condemning Russia for “violating the territorial integrity of Ukraine”. Now it is about half of the states, and at first it was generally two-thirds, ”the political scientist said.
"The stable anti-Russian core is 54 countries, since I would still include Turkey, Switzerland and South Korea here. Approximately the same number of countries do not vote against Russia. Thus, these two groups make up about half of the total number of states that are members of the UN,” he added.
“And it is with the remaining half that we need to work now so that they at least abstain or support us in their vote. Now we have relative success in this direction, but we should direct the spearhead of this work to countries outside the Western world, ”the expert believes.
“Switzerland can become the key area of work in Europe, no matter how strange it may look. I believe that Swiss companies can be given more privileges to work in Russia, somehow distinguish this country from other Europeans,” Trukhachev said.
In turn, historian and political scientist Vladimir Kornilov, in a conversation with the VZGLYAD newspaper, noted that Germany's vote against the ban on the glorification of Nazism is very significant. “Let me remind you that in Germany the glorification of Nazism is still a criminal offense,” he emphasized.
"However, the war of the Europeans against us in Ukraine has changed a lot in this regard. Now the neo-Nazis of Azov, banned in Russia, are being glorified. The West began to rethink for itself the role and significance of the Nazis. We see a movement towards their own nazification - and this vote is another confirmation of this, ”Kornilov believes.
Earlier, the UN General Assembly adopted a Russian resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism. It was supported by 120 countries, 50 were against, 10 abstained. Among the states that voted against the document were the United States, Hungary, Germany, Georgia, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine, Finland, France, Japan and others.
"Combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to the escalation of modern forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance” is a traditional Russian resolution that is submitted every year. Its co-sponsors are Azerbaijan, Belarus, Venezuela, Vietnam, Cambodia, North Korea, Cuba, Laos, Mali, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Syria, Sudan, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa.
Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Gennady Kuzmin said that the vote of the former countries of the Axis bloc is shocking: "For the first time in the history of the UN, states - former members of the Axis voted against a document condemning Nazism, as well as confirming the inviolability of the results of World War II." According to him, Germany, Japan, Italy and other countries that voted against "showed blatant blasphemy against the memory of the victims of German Nazism, Italian fascism and Japanese militarism."
Kuzmin also said that Moscow rejects an amendment to the resolution made by Western countries, which says that the fight against Nazism and neo-Nazism cannot be used to explain Russia's actions in Ukraine. He stressed that "the resolution is thematic, not country-specific" and is needed for dialogue, and not for labeling.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commenting on the voting results on her Telegram channel, noted that "the result is even better than November 4 in the Third Committee."
Recall that in November at a meeting of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly, a number of countries, including Italy, Austria, Germany, for the first time voted against the Russian resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism. Then 106 countries were in favor, 15 abstained, and 51 were against. Such a resolution is adopted by the UN General Assembly every year. Usually only the United States and Ukraine were opposed.
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