This is an important UN Forum on Racism, the first in eight years. But apparently the world still have not really moved forward in this matter. It is still the same old story of the West against the rest of the world mainly because of Israel.
Racism is much more than this. It is time for change.
Boycott-hit racism forum to open
Racism is much more than this. It is time for change.
Boycott-hit racism forum to open
20 Apr 2009 [BBC] A controversial UN conference on racism is due to begin in Geneva, amid concern it could become an anti-Semitic forum.
Several countries - including the US, Australia and Germany - are boycotting it. But France and Britain will attend.
Iran's president, who has denied the Holocaust, is to address the meeting, a follow-up to a 2001 UN forum in Durban that ended in acrimony.
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has said she was "shocked and deeply disappointed" by the boycotts.
"A handful of states have permitted one or two issues to dominate their approach to this issue, allowing them to outweigh the concerns of numerous groups of people that suffer racism and similar forms of intolerance," AFP news agency quoted her as saying.
The UN's first conference on racism in the South African city of Durban eight years ago was marred by anti-Semitic comments from some non-governmental organisations.
There was also an unsuccessful attempt by some states to equate Zionism with racism. ....
Several countries - including the US, Australia and Germany - are boycotting it. But France and Britain will attend.
Iran's president, who has denied the Holocaust, is to address the meeting, a follow-up to a 2001 UN forum in Durban that ended in acrimony.
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has said she was "shocked and deeply disappointed" by the boycotts.
"A handful of states have permitted one or two issues to dominate their approach to this issue, allowing them to outweigh the concerns of numerous groups of people that suffer racism and similar forms of intolerance," AFP news agency quoted her as saying.
The UN's first conference on racism in the South African city of Durban eight years ago was marred by anti-Semitic comments from some non-governmental organisations.
There was also an unsuccessful attempt by some states to equate Zionism with racism. ....
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