Russia Says UN May Soon Designate Dec. 14 as International Day Against Colonialism

Moscow casts the bid as a 65th‑anniversary tribute to the 1960 decolonization declaration, saying it has rallied like‑minded states.

Overview

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Russia’s Federation Council that Moscow expects the UN to proclaim December 14 as an International Day of Struggle Against Colonialism in the near term.
December 14 aligns with the 65th anniversary of the UN Declaration on granting independence to colonial countries and peoples, adopted on a Soviet initiative in 1960.
The Foreign Ministry says it has mobilized supportive countries to advance the observance through UN channels, though a formal designation remains pending.
Lavrov framed the initiative as a step to give a more systematic character to promoting an anti‑colonial and anti‑neocolonial agenda.
He pointed to the UN General Assembly’s December 4 proclamation of an International Day against Unilateral Coercive Measures as a related outcome backed by a pro‑UN Charter group.