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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Dr. Yisrael on April 19, 2009, 03:06:43 PM
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8006852.stm
Best too read it there.
A major UN conference on racism looks to be in disarray as more countries confirmed they will not take part.
Australia and the Netherlands joined the US, Israel, Italy and Canada in boycotting the talks. The UK is sending a delegation, but no senior official.
The move is over concerns about anti-Israel and anti-Western bias. Iran's president, who has denied the Holocaust, is to address the meeting.
The talks are meant to review progress in fighting racism since a 2001 forum.
That conference, in Durban, ended in acrimony when Arab countries tried to define Zionism as racism.
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay 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 to a pernicious and life-damaging degree on a daily basis all across the world... ," AFP news agency quoted her as saying.
The Pope spoke out in favour of the conference, saying it was an opportunity to fight discrimination and intolerance.
"We ask for firm and consistent action, at national and international level, to prevent and eliminate any form of discrimination and of intolerance," he said.
Incitement
Less than a day before it is due to get under way, the five-day Durban Review Conference is being overshadowed by political wrangling between western and Muslim nations.
Regrettably, we cannot be confident that the conference will not again be used as a platform to air offensive views
Australian government statement
The draft final declaration has been causing much heated debate.
It has been watered down, with all references to Israel and the Middle East removed.
However, at the request of Middle East nations, it still contains a clause about the incitement of religious hatred.
Many Western countries see this as a curtailment of free speech.
They are also uncomfortable with the presence of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran.
He is the only major leader to accept an invitation to the forum, which he will address.
He has in the past described the Holocaust as a myth, and many UN member states don't feel they should be present if he does this again, says the BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva.
'Abused'
The US state department's confirmation of a boycott late on Saturday was followed by declarations from other western nations.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a welcoming ceremony in Tehran
Iran's president is due to address the conference on Monday
"Regrettably, we cannot be confident that the review conference will not again be used as a platform to air offensive views, including anti-Semitic views," said a statement from Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith.
The Netherlands declared on Sunday it would not be a party to any attempt for the conference "to be abused for political ends and attacks on the West," Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen said.
A meeting of EU representatives has been called for Sunday evening to evaluate the group's stand on attending, Reuter news agency reported.
However the UK will send a delegation to the conference, but without a high-level official.
It has indicated its diplomats will leave the hall if President Ahmedinejad repeats his attacks on Israel, says our correspondent.
Human rights groups and UN diplomats are dismayed that what should an important event has descended into politics, she adds.
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Germany also joined the boycott http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3703426,00.html
The European Jewish Congress on Sunday also ommended the U.S., Australia, the Netherlands, Germany and others for boycotting Durban II and called upon all European nations to follow suit
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3703426,00.html
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So a nation like Iran will tell the West that it is intolerant of Muslims even though they have unprecedented rights in Western countries and are fully allowed to practice their "religion" in full practice. Compare that to Iran where if you harm a Muslim through negligence or bad business, you pay a $50,000 fine, a Christian a $30000 fine, and a Jew a $20,000 fine.
The Muslims are so indignant!
This article didn't show America's response. The BHO Admin said they won't attend because it "singles out Israel." So they feel the anti Israel claims are legitimate but shouldn't be overdone. Compare that with Australia that said the conference was anti-Semitic and the Netherlands that said it was a platform for anti Western diatribe. the USA is to the left of many European countries now! You can see that the Obama Admin is led by self hating Jews, anti white racists and beasts of ever order.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8006852.stm
Best too read it there.
A major UN conference on racism looks to be in disarray as more countries confirmed they will not take part.
Australia and the Netherlands joined the US, Israel, Italy and Canada in boycotting the talks. The UK is sending a delegation, but no senior official.
The move is over concerns about anti-Israel and anti-Western bias. Iran's president, who has denied the Holocaust, is to address the meeting.
The talks are meant to review progress in fighting racism since a 2001 forum.
That conference, in Durban, ended in acrimony when Arab countries tried to define Zionism as racism.
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay 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 to a pernicious and life-damaging degree on a daily basis all across the world... ," AFP news agency quoted her as saying.
The Pope spoke out in favour of the conference, saying it was an opportunity to fight discrimination and intolerance.
"We ask for firm and consistent action, at national and international level, to prevent and eliminate any form of discrimination and of intolerance," he said.
Incitement
Less than a day before it is due to get under way, the five-day Durban Review Conference is being overshadowed by political wrangling between western and Muslim nations.
Regrettably, we cannot be confident that the conference will not again be used as a platform to air offensive views
Australian government statement
The draft final declaration has been causing much heated debate.
It has been watered down, with all references to Israel and the Middle East removed.
However, at the request of Middle East nations, it still contains a clause about the incitement of religious hatred.
Many Western countries see this as a curtailment of free speech.
They are also uncomfortable with the presence of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran.
He is the only major leader to accept an invitation to the forum, which he will address.
He has in the past described the Holocaust as a myth, and many UN member states don't feel they should be present if he does this again, says the BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva.
'Abused'
The US state department's confirmation of a boycott late on Saturday was followed by declarations from other western nations.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a welcoming ceremony in Tehran
Iran's president is due to address the conference on Monday
"Regrettably, we cannot be confident that the review conference will not again be used as a platform to air offensive views, including anti-Semitic views," said a statement from Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith.
The Netherlands declared on Sunday it would not be a party to any attempt for the conference "to be abused for political ends and attacks on the West," Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen said.
A meeting of EU representatives has been called for Sunday evening to evaluate the group's stand on attending, Reuter news agency reported.
However the UK will send a delegation to the conference, but without a high-level official.
It has indicated its diplomats will leave the hall if President Ahmedinejad repeats his attacks on Israel, says our correspondent.
Human rights groups and UN diplomats are dismayed that what should an important event has descended into politics, she adds.
I think Italy was one of the first countries to announce a boycott of the Durban II antisemitic hatefest, Bravissimo Italia!
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=1357693
(http://www.emotionreports.com/Thunder/thunder_files/image006.jpg)
Capt. Luigi Rizzo’s MAS.15 depicted after his famous attack on the Austrian Dreadnought Szent Istvan, June, 1918
Best and Warm Regards
Adrian Wainer
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8006852.stm
The UK is sending a delegation, but no senior official.
Well what would one expect from the stinky Gordon Brown and his his stinky Fascist Labour Government, could he not just have said, they would not be sending anybody.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94lW6Y4tBXs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDwQEEAZhWM
Best and Warm Regards
Adrian Wainer
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YES I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT Italy was the first country to announce it would not attend
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Why are you against the anti-racism forum, Dr. Yisrael?
You claim that Jews were originally Arabs and Canaanite proto-Muslim Nazis, call anyone who disagrees with you a "white supremacist", support Arabs today and defend them from attack, and support every territorial demand made by third-world and Muslim savages. It should be right up your alley and I am surprised you are not attending.
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Poland not attending http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3703671,00.html