The international community needs to pay tribute to, that the Soviet Union was taking the greatest military effort against Nazism, RIA Novosti reported the statement of UN Secretary General António Guterres during the exhibition, marking the 73rd anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War.
In the lobby of the General Assembly building the stands of the nine states - members of the CIS, telling about the contribution of each country in the fight against Nazism 1941-1945 years. The participants of the exhibition are Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
According to Guterres, organization of such a joint exhibition "has more value, than in previous years ".
I believe, that all we really need to remind ourselves about the lessons of the Second World War, Great Patriotic War - the Soviet Union. It was absolutely incredible, the devastating destruction of the world. I think, we need to pay tribute to, that the Soviet Union was taking the greatest military effort against Nazism, as well as to, that the Soviet Union suffered the greatest sacrifice - human and other, to defeat Nazism, said the Secretary General.
Wherein, "The worst crime of Nazism," he called the Holocaust. Today, According to him, "Anti-Semitism, hatred of Islam and other forms of hatred spreads in the world ".
In recent years, we see, that the neo-Nazi message rises again. We see political movements, that either recognize their neo-Nazi link, or use symbols, imagery, the words, eg, “blood and soil”, we hear, their repeated demonstrations in different parts of the world. This cancer, which again begins to unravel, and I think, it is our duty - to do everything possible, to cure this terrible disease. Memory of those, who defeated Nazism in 1945 year, this memory will help us win any manifestation of neo-Nazism in our time, said Guterres.
Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, Speaking at the opening, reminded, what, "According to some estimates, 28 millions of Soviet people brought his life as a sacrifice in this horrible war, to defeat Nazism, and evaluation in Europe reach 50 million dead ".
I personally remember his three uncles, who died during the Second World War, and his father, who was killed, as you can now see. My father went off to war, when he was 17 years, adding a year to his age, with whom he lived until his death. He graduated in Berlin, when he was 21 year. Now it is even difficult to imagine, He told the Permanent Representative.
He thanked those, who came to the exhibition, to "mark this day with our great victory for all mankind".
Today, we live in difficult times, but we have a special responsibility - to do everything, in our power, to prevent the recurrence of such, He stressed Nebenzia.
