July 31st, 2008 | Category:
Durban Conference,
Government Funding,
Ford Foundation,
Durban Review Conference
Provisional Agenda of the African Regional Preparatory Meeting Released
July 15, 2008, United Nations Secretary-General
According to this document, the African Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Durban Review Conference, to be held in Abuja, Nigeria on August 24-26, 2008, will address the “implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action by all stakeholders at the national, […]
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July 30th, 2008 | Category:
Durban Conference,
Human Rights,
UN,
Durban Review Conference
NGOs invited to participate in the African Regional Preparatory Meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, (August 24-26, 2008)
July 15, 2008, The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Letter
In accordance with the United Nations’ General Assembly resolution to review the implementation of the Durban Conference’s final declaration, “The Office of the United Nations High […]
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July 22nd, 2008 | Category:
Durban Conference,
UN,
Durban Review Conference
”UN’s New Rights Chief Must Counter Global Assault Against Individual Liberty”
July 18, 2008, UN Watch, Press Release
In her capacity as United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Durban-born South African judge, Vanethem Pillay, will also serve as secretary-general of the 2009 Durban Review Conference. Perhaps she will manage to uphold the values of the […]
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July 16th, 2008 | Category:
Durban Conference,
Human Rights,
UN,
Government Funding,
EU,
Durban Review Conference
“From Durban I to Durban II: Preventing Poisonous Anti-Semitism“August 1, 2008, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Alfred H. Moses
In his May 27, 2008 address to the Jewish International Leadership Conference in Geneva, Ambassador Moses, Chair of UN Watch, reviews the history of anti-Semitism, leading up to Durban I. He refers to Durban I as a […]
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July 14th, 2008 | Category:
Human Rights,
Gisha,
EU,
Ethics
Tags: none
My oped — An NGO black hole in the Foreign Ministry, Jerusalem Post, July 08, 2008 — received a number of comments, some more serious than others, and a mix no surprise of criticism and agreement. While the main focus was on the failure of the Israeli government to respond seriously to the NGO role […]
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July 13th, 2008 | Category:
Durban Conference,
Human Rights,
UN,
Government Funding,
EU,
Durban Review Conference
UN OHCHR offers grants to African NGOs to participate in Durban regional preparatory meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, August 24-26, 2008
July 8, UN Watch
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is offering grants of up to $2000 to African NGOs, to facilitate their participation in the Durban Preparatory Meeting, to be held […]
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July 3rd, 2008 | Category:
Durban Conference,
Human Rights,
UN
Tags: none
On July 2, editor of Eye on the UN, Anne Bayefsky, gave an interview to ABC Radio National expressing concern that Durban 2009 may be a repeat of 2001. The interview begins with Bayesky discussing the impact of the NGO Forum at Durban 2001 and the severe consequences resulting from the NGO Declaration which revived […]
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