September 18th, 2008 | Category:
Durban Conference,
Durban Review Conference,
UN
“WJC official: Jews must engage Durban II”
September 13, 2008, Jerusalem Post, Haviv Rettig
Unlike other Jewish NGOs which have chosen to avoid the preparatory meetings for the Durban Review Conference, Peleg Reshef, director of the World Jewish Congress’ World Jewish Diplomatic Corps, believes their participation may have a strong impact.
Referring to last month’s African Preparatory Meeting [...]
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September 11th, 2008 | Category:
Durban Conference,
Durban Review Conference,
UN
“UN to review Israel’s human rights track“
September 8, 2008, The Jerusalem Post, Tovah Lazaroff
On September 8, the United Nations announced that Israel’s human rights record will be evaluated this coming December by Nigeria, South Korea and Azerbaijan, as part of the Universal Periodic Review process. Israel has accepted this decision, in hopes that it will [...]
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September 7th, 2008 | Category:
Durban Conference,
Durban Review Conference,
UN
“EU and UN Rights Chief Must Reject Proposal Against Free Speech, Zionism, at Today’s Durban II Session”
September 5, 2008, UN Watch
A UN session devoted to drafting the agenda and outcome declaration of the Durban Review Conference was held on Friday, September 5 in Geneva. During the meeting, the working group considered the recommendations proposed by the African Regional [...]
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September 3rd, 2008 | Category:
Durban Review Conference
On August 24-26, 2008, the African Regional Preparatory Meeting was held in Abuja, Nigeria. Its stated aim was to review the implementation of the final declaration of the 2001 World Conference against Racism. NGOs were offered grants of up to $2000 to attend this conference. The Geneva-based UN Watch was among the NGOs in attendance, [...]
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September 3rd, 2008 | Category:
Durban Conference,
Durban Review Conference,
UN
“UN human rights chief tries to sway Israel, U.S. on anti-racism summit”
September 1, 2008, Haaretz, Associated Press
Navi Pillay inaugurated her role as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights by attempting to persuade Israel and the United States to reconsider participating in the Durban Review Conference. She asserted: “My instinct would be to get as many [...]
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