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British Prime Minister David Cameron: the UK will play no part in this conference.''
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Britain to stay away from ‘Durban III’ anniversary event
15.09.2011, International Organizations Britain will not attend an event marking the tenth anniversary of a UN anti-racism conference, known as "Durban III" later this month in New York.
This conference was meant to combat global racism but it was reduced to an anti-Semitic and anti-Israel hate fest.
"After careful consideration, I have decided that Britian will not attend the UN meeting in Durban which is supposed to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the World Conference on Racism,” British Prime Minister David Cameron said.
He added: "No one should be in any doubt: this government is one-hundred percent committed to tackling racism both at home and abroad. Ten years ago, the World Conference on Racism saw open displays of unpleasant and deplorable anti-Semitism. It would be wrong to commemorate those displays. Indeed, they should be condemned. And that's why the UK will play no part in this conference."
Britain joins the United States, Israel, Canada, Germany, Australia, Austria, the Czech Republic, Italy and The Netherlands in their decision not to attend the conference.
A review Durban conference, in 2009 in Geneva, featured Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a speaker, and only furthered the public vilification of Israel.
The Durban anniversary meeting takes place in the same week that the Palestinians are expected to submit their bid for United Nations recognition of state of Palestine.
by: Henri Stein
EJP
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