Via UN Watch:
Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch expressed alarm over several provisions in a draft declaration set to be adopted today by an African regional meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, in preparation for the UN world conference on racism to be held in Geneva in April.
“The declaration (CLICK HERE FOR TEXT) fails to address racial and ethnic crimes committed by Sudan, tramples international human rights guarantees on free speech, places Islam above all other religions, and targets Israel alone, implying that it is uniquely racist,” said UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer. “Regrettably, Durban II is looking more and more like the original Durban debacle of 2001.”
The stated objectives of the African regional conference, which opened Sunday and closes today, are to review regional implementation of the 2001 Durban declaration, and to map the way forward in preparation for the UN’s Durban Review Conference on racism set for Geneva in April. But the draft declaration “fails to review any African country’s actions, and its inflammatory provisions threaten to derail the conference,” said Neuer
Canada is boycotting the April conference, saying that that Durban II was sizing up to be as anti-Semitic as the 2001 original event. French President Sarkozy and cabinet ministers from Britain and the Netherlands have warned that a breach of red lines could also trigger their boycott of the 2009 meeting in Geneva.
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