A/68/329 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 67/154 on “glorification of Nazism: inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance”. 2. Alarmed at the spread in many parts of the world of various extremist political parties, movements and groups, including neo-Nazis and skinhead groups and similar extremist ideological movements, which has led to an increasing number of acts of racially based violence and mounting hate speech in the public sphere, as observed by the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (see A/HRC/23/24 and A/67/328), the General Assembly recalled, in paragraph 31 of resolution 67/154, the request of the Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution 2005/5, 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. In paragraph 9 of resolution 67/154, the Assembly stressed that failure by States to effectively address such practices was incompatible with the obligations of States Members of the United Nations under its Charter and with the purposes and principles of the Organization. 3. In paragraph 32 of resolution 67/154, the General Assembly requested the Special Rapporteur to prepare and submit to it at its sixty-eighth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, based on the views collected, in accordance with the request of the Commission on Human Rights. 4. In accordance with the practice established in previous reports, the Special Rapporteur summarizes herein information received on relevant activities undertaken by Member States pursuant to resolution 67/154. In preparing the report, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) sent a note verbale on 18 April 2013 to Member States and a letter to non-governmental organizations requesting information on the implementation of the resolution. Replies were received from Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cyprus, Ecuador, Iraq, Nicaragua, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand and Ukraine. The Special Rapporteur also received contributions from the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, Social Action Centre/No Borders project and the Latvian Human Rights Committee. Submissions were also received from the German Institute for Human Rights, the Council of Europe and the European Union. The Special Rapporteur wishes to thank all those who kindly contributed to the present report. 5. The information received is summarized herein, with particular attention paid to information relating to the provisions of paragraphs 4, 5, 7 to 9, 16 and 17 of resolution 67/154, as requested in paragraph 32 of the resolution. The original submissions are available for consultation at the secretariat of OHCHR. 4/25 13-43012