Canada - OK with glorification of Nazism????????????????????

[Oscar]

WTF? Canada votes against UN resolution condemning glorification of Nazism!

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BY DAVID J. CLIMENHAGA | NOVEMBER 24, 2014

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[b]QUOTE: "In the mean time, Canadians deserve to know: Is the government of Canada against the glorification of Nazism, or not? If we are, why did we vote against the resolution? Perhaps those might be useful questions for someone to ask in the House of Commons this afternoon."[/b]

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Can someone please explain why Canada was one of three countries to vote Friday against a United Nations resolution condemning the glorification of Nazism?

The resolution, which censures attempts to glorify Nazi ideology and denial of German crimes during the Second World War, was passed by the General Assembly committee that deals with human rights abuses by a vote of 115 to three, with 55 nations abstaining. [ http://www.un.org/en/ga/third/69/docs/v ... 6.Rev1.pdf ]

If you're having a WTF moment, rest assured I'm not making this up. This is not fake news. It is the real McCoy, and it's been widely reported -- in Russia. You can read about it on RT or ITAR-TASS. [ http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/761115 ]

Here is the UN's own report of the meeting. [ http://www.un.org/press/en/2014/gashc4124.doc.htm ]

The Canadian media, however, apparently doesn't think this is an important story, if they are even aware of it. Leastways, there seems to have been very little Canadian coverage of this story, which, if I may be so bold, is odd given the media's normal fascination with anything to do with Nazis.

Actually, we can begin to puzzle out why Canada voted against this resolution when we know the identities of the other two countries that voted the same way: the United States and Ukraine. Probably not coincidentally, the U.S. media also seems completely uninterested in the story.

It is also helpful to know who put the resolution on the agenda. That would be Russia.

Knowing this much, we can begin to see the general outlines of what was really going on when Canada's representatives cast their bizarre vote at the General Assembly's Third Committee

As is well understood, notwithstanding much rhetorical mumbo-jumbo by many interested parties to obfuscate what is really going on, there is a civil war in Eastern Ukraine. Casualties have been high, including many Westerners in a passenger aircraft that was shot down by someone, who or why not being 100 per cent certain despite the confident and contradictory claims of both sides.

Russia is backing one side. The United States and its NATO allies, including Canada, are backing the other. Both blame the other for the situation and the casualties. So it is simply impossible for most Canadians, even those with some knowledge and a lively interest in the situation, to be confident which version of events is true.

While much of this story is murky, we can say a few things with reasonable confidence:

- The previous government of Ukraine tilted toward the Russians

- The current government of Ukraine was put in place in a coup, which we are told was led by people who wanted to tilt toward the West

- The coup and the current government are supported by some quite unsavoury groups, [ http://www.globalresearch.ca/there-are- ... ts/5370269 ] including neo-Nazi paramilitary organizations that use Nazi symbols on their uniforms and regalia

- Prime Minister Stephen Harper is passionate in his support for the coup government

Indeed, Harper may be so passionate in his support for the current Ukrainian government and the fact its economic program meshes with his neoliberal idea of "economic freedom" that he is willing to overlook, intentionally or not, certain glaring failings on the part of some of its key players.

This is part of a pattern with Harper, of course, that is often visible in other policy areas as well. [ http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014 ... arper.html ]

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[Oscar]

Western Media Turn Blind Eye to Shameful Vote at UN on Nazism by US, Canada and Europe

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By Roger Annis | December 5, 2014

A big yawn. And "delete." That's how editors at the world's mainstream media have reacted to the news that Canada, the United States and Ukraine voted against a resolution at the United Nations on Nov. 21 committing the member countries of the world body to combat racism and xenophobia in all its forms.

These were the only three countries to vote "no," but 55 countries abstained, including the member countries of the European Union, as well as Australia and New Zealand. [ http://www.un.org/en/ga/third/69/docs/v ... 6.Rev1.pdf ]

News of the vote on the resolution has been suppressed in most mainstream media outlets in the West. One of the few to report it was the National Post daily in Canada. [ http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canad ... -of-nazism ]

The resolution (full, seven-page text here: [ http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.as ... .3/69/L.56 ] ) was presented to the "Third Committee" of the UN General Assembly. It is the committee charged with examining and making recommendations on social, cultural and human rights issues. The resolution was proposed by 30 countries, including Russia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Vietnam, Venezuela, Bolivia and Cuba. One hundred and seventeen countries voted in favor. The "yes" vote by the majority means the resolution will be presented to the General Assembly.

The resolution is titled, "Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance." The first clause reads:

(The General Assembly): Reaffirms the relevant provisions of the Durban Declaration and of the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, in which States condemned the persistence and resurgence of neo-Nazism, neo-Fascism and violent nationalist ideologies based on racial and national prejudice and stated that those phenomena could never be justified in any instance or in any circumstances. [1]

The resolution (clause 5) calls for a universal adoption of the 1969 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. [ http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInt ... /CERD.aspx ] Many nations, including the US, the UK, China and India, signed the convention but did not recognize a mechanism it establishes for individuals to make complaints. This makes the convention unenforceable in their jurisdictions.

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