A/70/321 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 69/160 entitled “Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance”. 2. In the resolution, the General Assembly expressed concern 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. This 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 (A/HRC/29/47 and A/69/334). In resolution 69/160, the Assembly recalled the request of the Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution 2005/5, that the Special Rapporteur continue to reflect on the issue, make relevant recommendations in his future reports and seek and take into account in that regard the views of Governments and non-governmental organizations. The Assembly requested the Special Rapporteur to prepare, for submission to the Assembly at its seventieth session and to the Human Rights Council at its twenty ninth session, reports on the implementation of the resolution based on the views collected. 3. In paragraph 6 of the resolution, the General Assembly emphasized the recommendation of the Special Rapporteur that “any commemorative celebration of the Nazi regime, its allies and related organizations, whether official or unofficial, should be prohibited by States”, and stressed in that regard that it was important that States take measures, in accordance with international human rights law, to counteract any celebration of the Nazi SS organization and all its integral parts, including the Waffen SS. In paragraph 7, the Assembly expressed concern about 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, in that regard, urged States to fully comply with their relevant obligations, inter alia, under article 34 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949. 4. In paragraph 8, the General Assembly noted with concern the increase in the number of racist incidents worldwide, including the rise of skinhead groups, which had been responsible for many of those incidents, as well as the resurgence of racist and xenophobic violence targeting, inter alia, persons belonging to national, ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities. In paragraph 10, the Assembly condemned without reservation any denial or attempt to deny the Holocaust. In paragraph 11, the Assembly welcomed the call of the Special Rapporteur for the active preservation of those Holocaust sites that served as Nazi death camps, concentration and forced labour camps and prisons as well as his encouragement of States to take measures, including legislative, law enforcement and educational measures, to put an end to all forms of Holocaust denial. In paragraph 12, the Assembly called upon States to continue to take adequate steps, including through national legislation, in accordance with international human rights law, aimed at the prevention of hate speech and incitement to violence against persons belonging to vulnerable groups. 4/21 15-13793