March 3rd, 2009 by NGO Monitor Staff | Category: Durban Review Conference, UN

UN rights chief appeals for Durban 2, Jerusalem Post, March 2, 2009

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said the April 20-25 conference has been disparaged in the media and attacked by a lobbying campaign of those who fear a repetition of the anti-Israel moves that marred the first racism conference in 2001.

“This is unwarranted,” Pillay told the UN Human Rights Council.

She urged all countries to put aside “narrow, parochial interests and reflexive partisanship” and work for an agreement that would help eradicate discrimination.