`Defeated Nazism must not rise again!` - delegations` statement 

ArmInfo.  Below is a statement  by the Delegations of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Serbia, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan to the OSCE on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the Victory over Nazism in the Second World War.

"80 years ago, Nazism was defeated in the Second World War. We  commemorate and honour this sacred date.

"The triumph over ideas of racial superiority and misanthropy  achieved by armed means by the coalition of allies has determined the  fate of civilization on a planetary scale and cannot be put to  oblivion. It is our common duty to cherish historical memory of those  tragic events and the great exploit of millions of people who fought  and died for the peace and prosperity of future generations.

"Attempts to revise or distort the outcome of the Second World War,  to rehabilitate and glorify the Nazis and their accomplices, as well  as to downplay the role of the peoples of the Soviet Union and  participants in the liberation movements of European countries in  defeat of Nazism are categorically unacceptable.

"Efforts to rehabilitate and glorify the Nazis and their accomplices  and to deny the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by  them are unacceptable. According to the decisions of the Nuremberg  Tribunal, which legally consolidated the gains of the victory over  Nazism, the crimes of the Nazis and their accomplices have no statute  of limitations.

"We strongly condemn the destruction and desecration of monuments and  burial sites of liberators of any nationality who laid their lives on  the Altar of Victory, wherever these memorial sites are located. We  mourn the victims of National Socialism.

"The Victory over Nazism in 1945 laid the foundations for the signing  of the CSCE Helsinki Final Act in August 1975.

"We note the determination of the overwhelming part of the  International Community to prevent a repetition of the tragic  mistakes of the past and to build the future on unifying principles.  In this context, we welcome the UN General Assembly resolution  adopted on December 17, 2024 on 'Combating the glorification of  Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling  contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and  related intolerance'

"We call upon all countries and peoples to honor the memory of those  who forged Victory in the Second World War, not to forget the lessons  of the history, and fully contribute to efforts in combating all  forms of neo-Nazism and its glorification. Defeated Nazism must not  rise again!"