MOSCOW. June 1 (Interfax) - The Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has drafted a resolution for the summer session on the necessity of formulating and implementing measures to prevent manifestations of neo-Nazism, Russian delegation member Nikolai Kovlayov of the United Russia parliamentary faction told reporters on Monday.
The draft is titled "The role of the victory won by the Anti-Hitler Coalition in World War II in the formation of a system of universal security in the OSCE space."
The draft says, among other things, that the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe urges the member-states "to take more effective measures to fight manifestations of racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, aggressive nationalism, neo-Nazism, and religious, ethnic and ultra-right extremism."
The Russian delegation also emphasizes "the importance of enhancing public awareness of the tragic events and human suffering resulting from following ideologies based on the ideas of racial superiority."
The draft says that the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe "expresses concern about the use of the Internet to popularize racism, racial hatred, xenophobia, racial discrimination and related intolerance, as well as ideologies based on racial superiority."
The Russian delegation is convinced that the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe should urge the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to monitor incidents connected with manifestations of racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, aggressive nationalism, neo-Nazism and religious, ethnic and ultra-right extremism, and to inform the Permanent Council about its conclusions.
The draft expresses concern about a growing number of incidents and mounting racial and xenophobic violence targeting representatives of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities.
It conveys deep anxiety over instances where monuments to fighters against Nazism and to victims of Nazism, including their burial places, are vandalized, and the Nazis are glorified.
"The significance of the sacrifices made by fighters for the victory of Mankind over Nazism, fascism, dictatorship, oppression and aggression will never dim," the draft says. The historical lessons of World War II have confirmed how dangerous intolerance, discrimination, extremism and ethnic, racial and religious hatred are, and that all attempts to justify them are unacceptable, it says.
The draft resolution urges the member-states to unite efforts in the fight against these threats, and says that the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe must confirm that not a single state or group of states within the OSCE has the right to view any part of the OSCE region as a sphere of its influence.
The draft urges efforts to prevent the emergence of new demarcation lines in the OSCE region, a peaceful settlement of all conflicts, the observance of international law, the implementation of the principles and goals of the UN Charter, and the fulfillment of the obligations laid down in the Helsinki Final Act and other OSCE documents.