Russia requests UN to put on GA agenda WW2 65th anniversary

UNITED NATIONS. August 27. KAZINFORM Russia has turned to the United Nations with a request to put on the agenda of the regular session of the UN General Assembly an additional item of the 65th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, it is said in a letter of Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin circulated here on Wednesday; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass.

The letter was addressed to the UN secretary-general on behalf of permanent representatives to the UN of another 6 states - Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

In 2010 the world will celebrate the 65th anniversary of the victory over fascism. The great victory in the WW2 was achieved by efforts of many countries, the document says. At the same time this war brought the greatest tragedy for the peoples of Europe and the world, it is said in the letter; Kazinform has learnt from Itar-Tass.

Source: www.itar-tass.com