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June 30th, 2008 | Category: Durban Conference, UN, Durban Review Conference

Harper Reiterates Boycott Policy for Durban 2009
June 27, National Post, Andrew Mayeda

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper reiterated his support for Canada’s boycott of the UN Durban Review Conference. During a speech given to B’nai B’rith International, Harper said that Canada has “every reason” to expect that Durban 2009 will be like Durban 2001. On this […]

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June 26th, 2008 | Category: Durban Conference, UN, Government Funding, Durban Review Conference

Layton backtracks on UN racism conference
June 23, John Ivison, National Post
Canada’s National Post reports on the backlash that occurred within the Canada’s Liberal NDP caucus following an NDP leader’s suggestion that Canada participate in Durban 2009. Although NDP leader Jack Layton initially supported the Conservative government’s decision to boycott Durban 2009, he began to reconsider […]

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June 19th, 2008 | Category: Durban Conference, Human Rights, Boycott / Divestment, UN, Badil, Ittijah, New Israel Fund, Durban Review Conference

On June 2, various NGOs active in the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment campaign sent a letter to the “people, government, movements, and organizations” of Latin American maintaining that the treatment of Palestinians should take priority as the most important human rights issue on the Durban 2009 agenda. Latin American human rights issues, such as human […]

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June 18th, 2008 | Category: Durban Conference, UN, Durban Review Conference

French “nouveaux philosophes” calls for Boycott of Durban Review Conference
Pascal Bruckner, a renowned writer and philosopher in the vein of French “new philosopher”, has called on Europe to boycott the Durban Review Conference scheduled for April 2009. Dissolving the UN Human Rights Council should also be considered.
Bruckner, writing in signandsight.com, describes Durban 2001 as […]

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June 12th, 2008 | Category: Durban Conference, UN, Durban Review Conference

Durban Review Summary
June 12, 2008

CJC wants name removed from Durban petition
June 11, 2008
The Canadian Jewish Congress may pull its name from the Magenta/Jacob Blaustein Statement of Core Principles for WCAR Follow Up, according to the Suburban (”Quebec’s largest English newspaper”). This document, signed by over ninety-five NGOs, expresses, among other commitments, that “the UN […]

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June 10th, 2008 | Category: Durban Conference, UN, Durban Review Conference

Durban Review Summary
June 10, 2008
A disgrace for the NDP
June 7, National Post
A National Post editorial comments on a letter that Jack Layton’s NDP sent to Canada’s Harper government, suggesting that the Durban Review Conference may be worth attending. According to the editorial, “The move sabotages the NDP’s effort to convince voters that it is a […]

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June 5th, 2008 | Category: Durban Conference, UN, Durban Review Conference

On June 4, Senators Barak Obama and Hilary Clinton spoke at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington DC. Each democratic presidential candidate spoke about the enduring US-Israel relationship but on the topic of the Durban Review Conference, it was only the senator from New York who had something to say.
Towards the end of […]

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June 5th, 2008 | Category: Durban Conference, UN, Durban Review Conference

Durban Review Summary
June 4, 2008
Hope in the fight against racism
June 3, Swissinfo
Swissinfo reports on the status of the Durban Review Conference, noting the importance of Geneva as host. According to the The International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism, a French NGO, “This is the first good news coming from the preparatory committee that was established […]

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June 3rd, 2008 | Category: Durban Conference, UN, Durban Review Conference

Durban Review Daily Summary
June 3
Draft Durban II Declaration Breaches Europe’s Red Lines
June 1, UN Watch View from Geneva Blog
UN Watch reports on the preliminary declaration, which emerged from the 2009 DRC prepcom meetings. This inventory of issues (also known as the non paper) “singles out Israel twice, raising the specter that the Jewish state will, […]

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