"We are deeply alarmed about growing instances of discrimination, intolerance, extremism, on ethnic or other grounds, including manifestations of intolerance, Islamophobia, anti-semitism, Christianophobia first and foremost in countries of Europe," Nebenzya told the Security Council members.
It is critical that young people get an understanding of openness and tolerance, he added.
Nebenzya made the remarks during a UNSC meeting on the values of human fraternity in promoting and sustaining peace.