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Senator: U.S. to boycott UN anti-racism meet due to anti-Israel agenda
By The Associated Press
Tags: Israel, Racism, UN, Durban

A U.S. senator says the United States has decided not to attend next year's follow-up to the 2001 United Nations World Conference on Racism because the panel seems certain to repeat anti-Semitic and anti-Israel positions of the original gathering.

The United States and Israel walked out of that conference, which ended two days before the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States. A State Department spokesman, Karl Duckworth, said Wednesday no decision had been made whether to stay away from the second conference.

Word that the United States would reject the conference again came from Republican U.S. Senator Norm Coleman. In a news release, Coleman said the decision came in response to a letter he and 26 fellow senators wrote to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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"The U.S. walked out of this conference after the anti-Semitism and anti-Israeli activities reached such an intolerable level that it was beyond repair," the letter said. It called the conference "yet another example of a seemingly noble UN agenda item being hijacked by member states to spew anti-Semitism."

Canada already announced it is boycotting the conference, known as Durban II for the South African city hosting it. In announcing the decision last month, Canada's secretary of state for multiculturalism and Canadian identity, Jason Kenney, said, "We'll attend any conference that is opposed to racism and intolerance, not those that actually promote racism and intolerance."

The Bush administration showed its distaste for the conference in December by refusing to accept a consensus vote on a preliminary UN budget for 2008-2009 and demanding a recorded vote. The vote was 141 to 1, the no vote coming from the United States.

A separate recorded vote on including the Durban II language in the budget also passed, but the United States, Canada and 38 other countries voted against it. Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland abstained.

In the letter, Coleman and the others had particularly bitter words for governments and people being appointed to run Durban II. "Libya was appointed to chair the Executive Committee of the Preparatory Committee; a vice chairman is Iran, despite the fact that this country's leader has called for the destruction of Israel and been a leader on one of the most despicable forms of racism - Holocaust denial."

In 2001, Rice, then President George W. Bush's national security adviser, explained on television why the Americans and Israelis had walked out: Participants spent far too much time trying to condemn Israel and single it out, and I think the United States made the right decision to leave.


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      2.   With the Exception of Many & Mostly the Brave U.S. Citizenry , 07:14  |  Joseph . E 07/02/08
      3.   YET Another UN function hijacked & destroyed by the hate machine. 07:53  |  PETER SM 07/02/08
      4.   A specious pretext 07:55  |  JW 07/02/08
      5.   zionism is racism no matter how you try to sugarcoat it 08:20  |  Steve Katz 07/02/08
      6.   The Roots of Arab Anti-Semitism 08:25  |  Joseph . E 07/02/08
      7.   Zionism Is Heresy, False Judaism 09:04  |  Satmar Hasid 07/02/08
      8.   Norm Coleman, another Senator working for Israel 09:17  |  Clickfool 07/02/08
      9.   shame on Europe; shame on the UN 09:22  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/02/08
      10.   Have no idea why the UN is given the funding!! 09:23  |  Jo 07/02/08
      11.   Proud to be an American 09:32  |  James 07/02/08
      12.   Any body notice this? 09:43  |  Mohammed 07/02/08
      13.   UN is a disgrace 09:49  |  MarkC 07/02/08
      14.   once more AIPAC 09:50  |  samos 07/02/08
      15.   America and Israel should have an opposing meeting 10:00  |  Natallie Durson 07/02/08
      16.   #3, no, another US Senator working for justice 10:13  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/02/08
      17.   But I am sure that the British and EU members will attend 10:20  |  Binyamin Dissen 07/02/08
      18.   Reality Check 10:28  |  Dan Fandango 07/02/08
      19.   It is pointless to ignore the message 10:31  |  Leser 07/02/08
      20.   ANOTHER UN body hijacked&destroyed by Moslems&syncophants 10:39  |  PETER SM 07/02/08
      21.   LESER the message is what MOON said about the UN " Human Rights` 10:51  |  PETER SM 07/02/08
      22.   #7 Dan Fandango 11:00  |  Daybreak 07/02/08
      23.   #7 PETER SM 11:29  |  Leser 07/02/08
      24.   To the Haters 11:50  |  Zen 07/02/08
      25.   To #5 "steve katz""Is your real name Mohamed Islam by any chance? 12:23  |  SLAVO 07/02/08
      26.   Hi Daybreak 12:42  |  Dan Fandango 07/02/08
      27.   and who commits murder if not israel? 12:50  |  shunwhat? 07/02/08
      28.   shunwhat?Re murder.How many peple murderedby Islamists worldwide? 13:12  |  PETER SM 07/02/08
      29.   US and Canada, 13:31  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      30.   # 17 Dan Fandango 13:46  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      31.   MOVE THE UN TO SAUDI ARABIA 14:17  |  Petra 07/02/08
      32.   #22 Don Fandango 14:20  |  Daybreak 07/02/08
      33.   UN Durban conference 14:21  |  Sam 07/02/08
      34.   Lynn the lynn 14:32  |  Canadian 07/02/08
      35.   What This Is Really About 14:35  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/08
      36.   Clickfool, a hypocrit 14:36  |  Ahmed, a British Pak 07/02/08
      37.   Durson, a U.S. embarassment 14:41  |  Sam 07/02/08
      38.   Lynn The Lynn,One Canadian Voice Drowned OUT By Many, HA 14:57  |  Other Canadian 07/02/08
      39.   blinders 15:01  |  remove them! 07/02/08
      40.   # 32 Canadian from Vancouver 15:06  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      41.   # 32 Canadian from Vancouver 15:09  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      42.   # 26 PETER SM 15:15  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      43.   Ahmed the Fake # 34 15:17  |  Clickfool 07/02/08
      44.   Yaakov ideas - very misguided 15:24  |  Sam 07/02/08
      45.   141 to 1 with abstentions (total in UN ~200) 15:27  |  spyguy 07/02/08
      46.   to# 10 15:29  |  kader 07/02/08
      47.   IV International - Intisemit-Intern 15:34  |  17 07/02/08
      48.   #10.James. We should have our own U.N. assembly. 15:40  |  Antonio 07/02/08
      49.   Abolish the UN 15:47  |  Mitch 07/02/08
      50.   You are wrong Mr sullivan 15:52  |  zody 07/02/08
      51.   Imperialists are supporting devious racists again 16:06  |  Hamid 07/02/08
      52.   Dan Fandango - do you have any concept of reality? 16:15  |  Ben 07/02/08
      53.   Zionist policies are consitant with Talmud teaching!! 16:19  |  Moise 07/02/08
      54.   Cyrus King of Persia, where are you? 16:36  |  DRS 07/02/08
      55.   UN in 1948 is not UN in `67. isr/us accepts 16:38  |  bozhidarevski 07/02/08
      56.   Leave it to Yaacov to stand up for the anti-Semites 16:55  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/08
      57.   the explusion of Israel from the UN 17:03  |  whoopsie 07/02/08
      58.   yaakov screams ignorance day after day 17:05  |  SHIMON 07/02/08
      59.   US always attended anti-racism events 17:09  |  john 07/02/08
      60.   22 countries filled with arab thugs - the NEW Durban II 17:14  |  smarter then Sully 07/02/08
      61.   Israeli non-diplomacy at its finest 17:35  |  Ibrahim 07/02/08
      62.   "Yaakov" 17:42  |  Danite 07/02/08
      63.   No reason to attend - They are working with a marked deck 17:44  |  * BEN JABO 07/02/08
      64.   # 32 Canadian of Vancouver..... 17:49  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      65.   Ibrahim 17:56  |  Danite 07/02/08
      66.   Nathalie`s airheadedness yet again 17:59  |  Michael 07/02/08
      67.   Canadian 18:00  |  Michael 07/02/08
      68.   # 39 Ibrahim....you live in the States 18:02  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      69.   Ibrahim #39 - forgive israel for not trusting the arab league 18:04  |  SHIMON 07/02/08
      70.   # 4 JW....US and racism 18:10  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      71.   Nothing ever gets done 18:14  |  Sheldon 07/02/08
      72.   #32 Canadian 18:15  |  * BEN JABO 07/02/08
      73.   Lynn 18:17  |  Walid 07/02/08
      74.   Danite, can`t you get beyond the garbage? 18:21  |  Ibrahim 07/02/08
      75.   sorry ibrahim,,,,,, 18:22  |  alan 07/02/08
      76.   #14 Fake Natallie 18:25  |  Natallie Durson 07/02/08
      77.   American for America 18:37  |  FreeAmerican 07/02/08
      78.   Remeber the Hatchet Job They Did on Mary Robinson? 18:49  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/08
      79.   #37 Expulsion of Israel 18:51  |  Marc 07/02/08
      80.   This is rich!! 18:51  |  CHGODMK 07/02/08
      81.   Ditto to 49 on Ibrahim 18:51  |  David Hoffman 07/02/08
      82.   Ibrahim re: Danite 18:54  |  CHGODMK 07/02/08
      83.   Canadian in Vancouver re: Lynn 18:56  |  CHGODMK 07/02/08
      84.   Yaakov - What this is really about 19:04  |  Matt 07/02/08
      85.   To Lynn, from another Canadian 19:05  |  Another Canadian 07/02/08
      86.   `conference on racism` is for racist ghouls 19:13  |  frenz 07/02/08
      87.   DURSON 19:25  |  gaoni 07/02/08
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      89.   Vote of Confidence at the Knesset 19:27  |  The Director 07/02/08
      90.   it was not possible for any people to settle 19:36  |  bozhidarevski 07/02/08
      91.   Yaacov Sullivan - Do you know what was said at Durban last year? 19:36  |  Lee 07/02/08
      92.   Pull U.S. Out of EVIL UN. Stop using US Taxes to Fund Jew-Haters 19:47  |  Linda Rivera 07/02/08
      93.   For #23 Slavo - BONEHEAD!! 19:51  |  CHET 07/02/08
      94.   Yaacov Sullivan: "Come on Down!" 20:04  |  Lee 07/02/08
      95.   To Jacob Blues re Yaakov Sullivan 20:10  |  Lee 07/02/08
      96.   Another Jewish Senator pushing AIPAC`s agenda 20:13  |  Joe 07/02/08
      97.   the problem with Israeli screeching ..... 20:23  |  f 07/02/08
      98.   Haaretz, Where are my two other posts? 20:28  |  CHGODMK 07/02/08
      99.   No Ibrahim, the fact is, the last UN conference on racism was 20:31  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/08
      100.   Lee and Jacob Blues on the blues of Israel 20:42  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/08
      101.   Another day to be thankful to be an American 20:47  |  Gina 07/02/08
      102.   teaching about the Holocaust ..... 20:49  |  whoopsie 07/02/08
      103.   Lee on Durban 2001 - 1st ry 20:49 HT 20:49  |  BBSNews 07/02/08
      104.   Ibrahim 20:55  |  Gina 07/02/08
      105.   Joe - 70 21:00  |  Can Do 07/02/08
      106.   Sweet Deal 21:08  |  BBS News 07/02/08
      107.   Jacob Blues, maybe you are right 21:19  |  Ibrahim 07/02/08
      108.   Matt, you are partially correct 21:31  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/08
      109.   Pesty Gina 21:48  |  Ibrahim 07/02/08
      110.   re #14 `America and Israel should have an opposing meeting` 21:52  |  Colin Wright 07/02/08
      111.   # 79 Gina ...don`t forget our loving neighbor 22:01  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      112.   # 51 Walid...I admire integrity 22:08  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      113.   #5 Thank you, Zionism spells racism and... 22:12  |  Dutch 07/02/08
      114.   Let us return to those thrilling days of yesteryear 22:16  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/08
      115.   Lee, Jews are trying to CHANGE our prayers! 22:22  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/08
      116.   #14 Natalie, The Jewish Lobby is too strong for that 22:24  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/08
      117.   Yaakov Sullivan 22:26  |  Benny 07/02/08
      118.   #34 Clickfool, this " Ahmed" sounds too "Jewish" to me 22:27  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/08
      119.   Yaakov Sullivan 22:30  |  Lee 07/02/08
      120.   Paranoia Yaacov, let`s see what Mrs. Robinson had to say... 22:31  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/08
      121.   Yaakov Sullivan - Again 22:35  |  Lee 07/02/08
      122.   To Benny re Yaakov Sulivan 22:37  |  Lee 07/02/08
      123.   Ibrahim discuss the issues? 22:39  |  Danite 07/02/08
      124.   to Yaakov re 86 - What are you ranting about now? 22:41  |  Lee 07/02/08
      125.   Canadian 22:41  |  Danite 07/02/08
      126.   laughable sullivan 22:42  |  SHIMON 07/02/08
      127.   # 77 Jacob Blues....sort of takes the wind 22:42  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      128.   CHGODMK re "Canadian" 22:44  |  Danite 07/02/08
      129.   Natalie -- "The world is out of step when it comes to Israel" 22:46  |  Lee 07/02/08
      130.   Lynn -- North Korea -- the largest concentration camp in the wor 22:48  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      131.   # 88 Yaakov Sullivan....I think praying the Jewish 22:52  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      132.   #90 False sullivan with nothing left but lies 22:55  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/08
      133.   israel rules america 22:56  |  ari 07/02/08
      134.   Ibrahim "discuss the issues"? 22:56  |  Danite 07/02/08
      135.   #91 False Sullivan is getting carried away 22:57  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/08
      136.   Of course you do Benny but I suspect 22:59  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/08
      137.   # 83 Ibrahim...your country, the US, is not 22:59  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      138.   Ibrahim 23:00  |  Gina 07/02/08
      139.   No, Lee, just dont like cover ups 23:02  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/08
      140.   US has not even paid their dues to 23:06  |  kiwi girl 07/02/08
      141.   BBS 23:08  |  Lee 07/02/08
      142.   Danite, I am not so sure 23:13  |  Ibrahim 07/02/08
      143.   Danite re: Ibrahim 23:19  |  CHGODMK 07/02/08
      144.   to Joe re 75: You`ve convinced me 23:22  |  Lee 07/02/08
      145.   Lynn, before you make such statements 23:22  |  Yaakov Sullivan 07/02/08
      146.   Lynn is not "in tune with racist ideals..." 23:24  |  Ibrahim 07/02/08
      147.   # 108 Lynn.......Of course, and China got a pass 23:25  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      148.   # 66 another Canadian...thanks for the 23:33  |  Lynn 07/02/08
      149.   Yaakov 23:37  |  Benny 07/02/08
      150.   Lynn -- # 113 is me 23:41  |  Gina 07/02/08
      151.   Yaakov 23:47  |  Benny 07/02/08
      152.   Ibrahim, some brief thoughts on the UN 23:49  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/08
      153.   Ibrahim, some brief thoughts on the UN 23:49  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/08
      154.   Yes, Yaakov, we know 23:51  |  Lee 07/02/08
      155.   In answer to your quick question Ibrahim 23:53  |  Jacob Blues 07/02/08
      156.   List of Senators who signed the Letter 23:55  |  Gina 07/02/08
      157.   Linda Rivera 00:02  |  kiwi girl 08/02/08
      158.   All that said on the US and UN, Ibrahim 00:04  |  Jacob Blues 08/02/08
      159.   Joe # 89 -- Incorrect. It`s the American Agenda 00:22  |  Gina 08/02/08
      160.   Response to # 5 Zionism is Racism 00:28  |  Gregg 08/02/08
      161.   SPYGUY If I were you I would check my facts first. 00:30  |  PETER SM 08/02/08
      162.   AMERICAN for Americans USA soldiers die fighting for Moslems 00:35  |  PETER SM 08/02/08
      163.   MOISE.Moslems and dhimmis.How racist is that? 00:44  |  PETER SM 08/02/08
      164.   or in other words censoring israeli crimes 00:48  |  (* 08/02/08
      165.   How about condeming Arab racism 01:00  |  Omid the Persian 08/02/08
      166.   (* On the contrary it is conference that covers up Islamofascist 01:21  |  PETER SM 08/02/08
      167.   Be blind to be good 01:48  |  Truth 08/02/08
      168.   Peter Sm and murder 01:50  |  Truth 08/02/08
      169.   Peter Sm and murder 01:50  |  Truth 08/02/08
      170.   Lee on research - 1st try 01:57 HT 01:57  |  BBSNews 08/02/08
      171.   Jacob Blues, the UN is not anti-Israeli 01:59  |  Ibrahim 08/02/08
      172.   Gina, lets say thanks to the other 73 senators 02:00  |  Ibrahim 08/02/08
      173.   How ironic:Israeli and American racists boycott racism conference 02:12  |  peacelover 08/02/08
      174.   kiwi girl--- y should they? 02:17  |  alan 08/02/08
      175.   Lynn 02:55  |  Canadian 08/02/08
      176.   Walid to Lynn 03:00  |  Jake 08/02/08
      177.   Ben Jabo # 72 03:02  |  Benjamin 08/02/08
      178.   Free American # 77 03:04  |  Another Free America 08/02/08
      179.   Like I See It 03:04  |  BBS News 08/02/08
      180.   peacelover nothing ironic boycotting a Moslem block hijacked 03:07  |  PETER SM 08/02/08
      181.   Lind Rivera 03:10  |  T. Hernandez 08/02/08
      182.   alan to Kiwi Girl 03:13  |  Alan G. 08/02/08
      183.   #115 Turncoat Sullivan - make up your "mind" 04:23  |  * BEN JABO 08/02/08
      184.   #167 Truth - Try telling some for a change 04:32  |  * BEN JABO 08/02/08
      185.   "TRUTH" SABRA/Shatilla was Arab murdering Arab in revenge 04:34  |  PETER SM 08/02/08
      186.   #168 - Truth - here is good dose for you 04:37  |  * BEN JABO 08/02/08
      187.   TRUTH - Here is some for you 04:42  |  * BEN JABO 08/02/08
      188.   #140 Kiwi Girl - still at it I see 04:46  |  * BEN JABO 08/02/08
      189.   Ibrahim -- Will those others be sending a delegation to attend? 04:50  |  Gina 08/02/08
      190.   #177 Benjamin - An Arab is also a semite 04:50  |  * BEN JABO 08/02/08
      191.   TRUTHS Be really blind to Arab war of extermination 05:08  |  PETER SM 08/02/08
      192.   # 176 Jake....seems to me that has been 05:35  |  Lynn 08/02/08
      193.   Hatefilled People! 05:52  |  Appalled American 08/02/08
      194.   Ibrahim, in its 65+ year history, the UN has done the following: 05:55  |  Jacob Blues 08/02/08
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      196.   Love knows no racist boundaries. 06:00  |  Maureen Ann 08/02/08
      197.   PETER SM on Sabra - 1st try 06:13 HT 06:14  |  BBSNews 08/02/08
      198.   CHGODMK 06:25  |  Danite 08/02/08
      199.   Jacob Blues 06:26  |  Danite 08/02/08
      200.   PETER SM on Arabs - 1st try 07:04 HT 07:04  |  BBSNews 08/02/08
      201.   APALLED AMERICAN. USA going broke on 3 billion ALL spent in USA? 07:06  |  PETER SM 08/02/08
      202.   Appalled - 1st try 07:40 HT 07:40  |  BBSNews 08/02/08
      203.   re: Leser 08:36  |  Efox 08/02/08
      204.   re: Yaakov Sullivan 08:39  |  Efox 08/02/08
      205.   re: Appalled American 08:47  |  Efox 08/02/08
      206.   Appalled - 2nd try 08:50 HT 08:50  |  BBSNews 08/02/08
      207.   PETER SM on Arabs - 2nd try 08:06 HT 09:06  |  BBSNews 08/02/08
      208.   For Yaakov Sullivan, on the desperation of the Fakers # 132 10:57  |  Clickfool 08/02/08
      209.   A Zionist state at an anti-racism conference? Never 15:59  |  Stephen Murray 08/02/08
      210.   Where is CNN? 16:22  |  BBS News 08/02/08
      211.   #196 Maureen Ann - So unaware, it`s pathetic 02:28  |  * BEN JABO 09/02/08
      212.   To the usual suspects 14:17  |  david 10/02/08
      213.   STOP PTOMOTING HATING YAAKOV 03:39  |  TOBIA 25/02/08
      214.   Israel Will See The Light And Help The World 23:40  |  David Ben-Israel 23/03/08
      215.   Ahmed concerning clickfool 05:59  |  Connie 04/04/08
      216.   Ahmed concerning clickfool 05:59  |  Connie 04/04/08
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