‚Unprecedented Step Forward‘: UN Security Council Explicitly Condemns Antisemitism for First Time in UAE-UK Resolution | Algemeiner.com

The UN Security Council last Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution that for the first time explicitly condemns antisemitism in the 77-year history of the body, according to officials with the United Arab Emirates, which drafted the resolution along with the United Kingdom.
The resolution, officially numbered Security Council resolution 2686 on “Tolerance and International Peace and Security,” was introduced during the UAE’s month-long presidency of council and is intended to condemn violence, hate speech, and extremism, and to encourage the promotion of tolerance, according to its language.