Category: 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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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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 ”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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“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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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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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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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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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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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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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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