The document, co-authored by some 80 countries, including Russia, Belarus, the U.K., Germany, the U.S., France and Japan, was adopted by consensus vote.

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The resolution mentions the fact that the Allied victory over the Axis powers created the conditions for setting up the United Nations Organization in 1945 so as to “avoid future wars and rid future generations of related misfortunes.” The General Assembly has called upon all countries, all UN structures and NGOs, to celebrate this date “in commemoration of all of the victims of WWII.” A special session of the General Assembly to commemorate all victims of the war has been planned for the second week of May 2015.

Source: TASS