A/75/329 Armenia 8. The Government of Armenia reported that it endorsed solidarity among political leaders and the adoption of a global ceasefire. It supported the combating of ethnic profiling and of the glorification of hate crimes and hate speech by State leaders and public officials. According to the Government, border tensions continued to undermine regional peace and security, despite calls from the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group Co-Chairs1 to refrain from provocative actions. The Government stated that it had taken measures to protect non-citizens from COVID-19 infection, such as organizing the repatriation of Georgian, Belarusian and Indian citizens to their home countries. Finally, the Government called for an increased effort to combat Armenophobia by recognizing hate crimes against Armenians and other violations of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights). Azerbaijan 9. The Government of Azerbaijan reported that it had taken necessary steps to prevent Nazism, neo-Nazism, and other practices that contributed to furthering racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. The Gover nment cited its Constitution, which guaranteed equality of all people, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, origin, property status, social position and, among other things, belonging to political parties, trade unions and other civil associations . In accordance with its Constitution, the relevant governmental bodies took all necessary measures to prevent discrimination and stop violations of the rights of national minorities. 10. According to the Government, the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan o n Freedom of Religious Beliefs established that all religions were equal under Azerbaijani law and that propaganda that demeaned human dignity and contradicted the principles of humanity was forbidden. The Government noted that legal mechanisms may allow for the abolition of religious institutions that aimed to incite religious animosity and hostility. Moreover, religious hostility, radicalism and fanaticism were prohibited by article 1 of the Law on the Fight Against Religious Extremism, dated December 2015. 11. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the Government has reported no incidents of persecution or other wrongdoing by governmental agencies on a racially discriminatory, xenophobic or antisemitic basis. 12. The Government reported on awareness-raising campaigns and educational initiatives, such as adding courses on multiculturalism to high school curricula. Germany 13. The Government of Germany reported on the appearance of antisemitic conspiracy theories about COVID-19, which drew on historical discriminatory tropes and purported to blame Jewish individuals or Israel for the pandemic. The Police Reporting Service (KPMD) monitored politically motivated crime. So far in 2020, it had reported 13 antisemitic criminal offences and 127 criminal offences related to the __________________ 1 4/23 The Government of Armenia referred to the OSCE Minsk Group as the only internationally mandated format (co-chaired by France, the Russian Federation and the United States of America) on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. 20-11206