Inter-ministerial consultations on “Human rights issues in the context of cooperation on international platforms” were held on February 20 at the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Representatives of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the CIS Executive Committee took part in the consultations.
The meeting participants discussed the current stage of interstate cooperation in the field of human rights protection and promotion, emphasizing the inadmissibility of confrontation and politicization, the use of selective approaches and “double standards” in assessing the human rights situation in individual States.
The representatives of the foreign ministries stressed the importance of deepening multilateral cooperation and coordinating the efforts of the CIS member states aimed at ensuring mutually respectful constructive cooperation, dialogue between states in the field of human rights and countering further politicization of the work of UN human rights bodies and mechanisms.
During the consultations, the importance of further efforts aimed at preserving historical truth and countering attempts to rewrite the results of World War II was confirmed, including providing support to the draft resolution submitted annually by Russia to the UN General Assembly for consideration “Combating the glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to the escalation of modern forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related there is no tolerance with them.”
In addition, the parties noted the importance of providing mutual support to candidates nominated by the CIS member states for election to the elected bodies of the UN system institutions, as well as the active nomination of candidates from the Commonwealth countries to the UN human rights bodies of limited membership.
They confirmed their readiness to continue joining forces to solve problems in the field of the human dimension in the OSCE area.
Press Service of the CIS Executive Committee
