January 16, 2009
Petition: Should U.S. Attend the UN Durban II ‘Anti-Racism’ Conference?
The Editors
Secretary of State-elect Hillary Clinton is poised to announce whether the United States will participate in the UN Durban Review Conference - Durban II. The event is supposed to support anti-racism. But will it be a replay of the original Durban conference in 2001?
Durban I turned into a campaign to delegitimize Israel, bash her supporters, and brand Zionism as a form of racism. The U.S. ended up withdrawing from that conference. At the time, Secretary of State Colin Powell stated, “I know that you do not combat racism by conferences that produce declarations containing hateful language, some of which is a throwback to the days of ‘Zionism equals racism;’ or supports the idea that we have made too much of the Holocaust; or suggests that apartheid exists in Israel; or that singles out only one country in the world – Israel – for censure and abuse.”
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