Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2007  [on the report of the Third Committee (A/62/437)]  62/142. Inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute   to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial  discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance        The General Assembly,    Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of  Human Rights, 0F 1  the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1F 2  the  International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination2F3  and other relevant human rights instruments,    Recalling the provisions of Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2004/16  of 16 April 2004 3F 4 and 2005/5 of 14 April 2005, 4F 5 as well as General Assembly  resolutions 60/143 of 16 December 2005 and 61/147 of 19 December 2006 on this  issue and resolution 61/149 of 19 December 2006 entitled “Global efforts for the  total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related  intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban  Declaration and Programme of Action”,    Recalling also the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal and the Judgement of  the Tribunal, which recognized, inter alia, the SS organization and all its integral  parts, including the Waffen SS, as criminal and declared it responsible for many war  crimes and crimes against humanity,    Recalling further the relevant provisions of the Durban Declaration and  Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference against Racism, Racial  Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance on 8 September 2001, 5F 6  in  particular paragraph 2 of the Declaration and paragraph 86 of the Programme of  Action,  _______________  1 Resolution 217 A (III).  2 See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.  3 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, No. 9464.  4 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2004, Supplement No. 3 (E/2004/23), chap. II,  sect. A.  5 Ibid., 2005, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/2005/23 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A.  6 See A/CONF.189/12 and Corr.1, chap. I.   A/RES/62/142  2    Recalling equally the study undertaken by the Special Rapporteur on  contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related  intolerance, 6F7 and taking note of his report, 7F8    Alarmed, in this regard, at the spread in many parts of the world of various  extremist political parties, movements and groups, including neo-Nazis and  skinhead groups,    1.  Reaffirms the provision of the Durban Declaration 0H6 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;    2.  Expresses deep concern about the glorification of the Nazi movement  and former members of the Waffen SS organization, including by erecting  monuments and memorials as well as holding public demonstrations in the name of  the glorification of the Nazi past, the Nazi movement and neo-Nazism;    3.  Expresses concern at recurring attempts to desecrate or demolish  monuments erected in remembrance of those who fought against Nazism during the  Second World War, as well as to unlawfully exhume or remove the remains of such  persons, and urges States in this regard to fully comply with their relevant  obligations, inter alia, under article 34 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva  Conventions of 1949; 8F9    4.  Notes with concern the increase in the number of racist incidents in  several countries and the rise of skinhead groups, which have been responsible for  many of these incidents, as well as the resurgence of racist and xenophobic violence  targeting members of ethnic, religious or cultural communities and national  minorities, as observed by the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism,  racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in his latest report; 1H8    5.  Reaffirms that such acts may be qualified to fall within the scope of  activities described in article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of  All Forms of Racial Discrimination,2H3 and that they may represent a clear and  manifest abuse of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association as  well as the rights to freedom of opinion and expression within the meaning of those  rights as guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 3H1 the  International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 4H2 and the International  Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;    6.  Stresses that the practices described above do injustice to the memory of  the countless victims of crimes against humanity committed in the Second World  War, in particular those committed by the SS organization, and poison the minds of  young people, and that those practices are incompatible with the obligations of  States Members of the United Nations under its Charter and are incompatible with  the goals and principles of the Organization;    7.  Also stresses that such practices fuel contemporary forms of racism,  racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and contribute to the  spread and multiplication of various extremist political parties, movements and  groups, including neo-Nazis and skinhead groups;  _______________  7 E/CN.4/2006/16 and Add.1, Add.2 and Corr.1 and Add.3 and 4.  8 See A/62/306.  9 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1125, No. 17512.   A/RES/62/142  3    8.  Emphasizes the need to take the necessary measures to put an end to the  practices described above, and calls upon States to take more effective measures in  accordance with international human rights law to combat those phenomena and the  extremist movements, which pose a real threat to democratic values;    9.  Reaffirms that, according to article 4 of the International Convention on  the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, States parties to that  instrument are, inter alia, under the obligation:    (a)  To condemn all propaganda and all organizations that are based on ideas  of racial superiority or that attempt to justify or promote racial hatred and  discrimination in any form;    (b)  To undertake to adopt immediate and positive measures designed to  eradicate all incitement to, or acts of, such discrimination with due regard to the  principles embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the rights  expressly set forth in article 5 of the Convention;    (c)  To declare as an offence punishable by law all dissemination of ideas  based on racial superiority or hatred, incitement to racial discrimination, as well as  all acts of violence or incitement to such acts against any race or group of persons of  another colour or ethnic origin, and also the provision of any assistance to racist  activities, including the financing thereof;    (d)  To declare illegal and prohibit organizations and organized and all other  propaganda activities that promote and incite racial discrimination and to recognize  participation in such organizations or activities as an offence punishable by law;    (e)  To prohibit public authorities or public institutions, national or local,  from promoting or inciting racial discrimination;    10. Encourages those States that have made reservations to article 4 of the  International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination  to give serious consideration to withdrawing such reservations as a matter of  priority;    11. Recalls the request of the Commission on Human Rights in its resolution  2005/5 5H5 that the Special Rapporteur continue to reflect on this issue, make relevant  recommendations in his future reports and seek and take into account in this regard  the views of Governments and non-governmental organizations;    12. Urges Governments and non-governmental organizations to cooperate  fully with the Special Rapporteur in the exercise of the aforementioned task;    13. Decides to remain seized of the issue.