Thursday April 16, 2009

I've Been Thinking:

Durban II which is scheduled to take place April 20-24, 2009 in Geneva.
Ahmadinejad has announced through the national Iranian media that he will be attending.

Durban II is the follow up to a UN sponsored international conference that took place in Durban, South Africa in 2001. On paper, Durban was to be a conference dedicated to human rights. In fact, it turned into a hatefest against Israel.

The official title of this conference is the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance.
As the finishing touches are being put on the conference, countries are looking over their shoulders to see who will and who will not be in attendance.

Clearly, Iran is in favor of the stated agenda for Durban II.
Canada has announced that they will not attend, Italy did the same. They said the agenda seems to be totally dedicated to bashing Israel.
The United States has sent out mixed messages and is now "considering not attending." Their early decision wasa to make no decision.

I have read the two draft positions of the organizing committee for the upcoming conference. The first draft was a near duplicate of Durban 2001. The second draft was a slightly improved version. It is telling that while many Western countries are expressing concern about the nature of the Durban II conference, Ahmadinejad has declared his desire to attend.

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