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Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:08
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Iranian FM to Participate in Durban III
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi plans to attend the Durban III conference, sources said.
On September 22, the UN will "commemorate" the 10th anniversary of Durban I on campaign against "racism", which condemned Israeli racism against the Palestinians. Israel was the only one of 192 UN member states standing accused.
Salehi will address one of the "roundtable" gatherings organized by the UN, titled, "Victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance: recognition, justice and development."
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the lead speaker at Durban II in Geneva in 2009. At the time, his anti-racism speech resulted in a walkout by the European allies of Israel. The United States, Israel and Canada had pulled out in advance. This time, the United Kingdom and France along with other UN Security Council veto-wielding powers have decided to boycott Durban III right from the beginning to show their intolerance against any criticism of the racist Zionist regime of Israel.
The representatives of more than 180 states, however, will end Durban III at 6:00 pm in the UN General Assembly Hall by signing on to a new declaration that "reaffirms" the Durban Declaration and its anti-Israel protests. Backing Iran's idea of combating xenophobia and intolerance ought to send shivers up the spines of the UN's hegemonic and aggressive states, which are by chance fervent supporters of Israel.
The development is also revealing when set against the Palestinian Authority's effort to achieve an independent Palestine without accepting a Jewish state. On Thursday, Durban III will seek the delegitimization of Israel. On Friday, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will declare there is no need to negotiate with such a state, and, therefore, the UN should endorse a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood.
Also, it has just been revealed that the UN has chosen one non-governmental organization to represent civil society at Durban III and speak in the General Assembly hall itself. For this very rare opportunity, what country did the UN choose as the focal point of attention? The United States of America. Sarah White, from the Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights, has been selected as "a representative of a non-governmental organization active in the field of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance."
On September 22, the UN will "commemorate" the 10th anniversary of Durban I on campaign against "racism", which condemned Israeli racism against the Palestinians. Israel was the only one of 192 UN member states standing accused.
Salehi will address one of the "roundtable" gatherings organized by the UN, titled, "Victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance: recognition, justice and development."
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the lead speaker at Durban II in Geneva in 2009. At the time, his anti-racism speech resulted in a walkout by the European allies of Israel. The United States, Israel and Canada had pulled out in advance. This time, the United Kingdom and France along with other UN Security Council veto-wielding powers have decided to boycott Durban III right from the beginning to show their intolerance against any criticism of the racist Zionist regime of Israel.
The representatives of more than 180 states, however, will end Durban III at 6:00 pm in the UN General Assembly Hall by signing on to a new declaration that "reaffirms" the Durban Declaration and its anti-Israel protests. Backing Iran's idea of combating xenophobia and intolerance ought to send shivers up the spines of the UN's hegemonic and aggressive states, which are by chance fervent supporters of Israel.
The development is also revealing when set against the Palestinian Authority's effort to achieve an independent Palestine without accepting a Jewish state. On Thursday, Durban III will seek the delegitimization of Israel. On Friday, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will declare there is no need to negotiate with such a state, and, therefore, the UN should endorse a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood.
Also, it has just been revealed that the UN has chosen one non-governmental organization to represent civil society at Durban III and speak in the General Assembly hall itself. For this very rare opportunity, what country did the UN choose as the focal point of attention? The United States of America. Sarah White, from the Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights, has been selected as "a representative of a non-governmental organization active in the field of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance."
