Posted by Jonathan Adler:
U.S. to Boycott U.N. "Racism" Conference:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_04_19-2009_04_25.shtml#1240148551
[1]A promising development:
The Obama administration will boycott "with regret" a U.N.
conference on racism next week over objectionable language in the
meeting's final document that could single out Israel for criticism
and restrict free speech, the State Department said Saturday. . . .
The administration had wanted to attend the April 20-25 meeting in
Geneva, although it warned in late February it would not go unless
significant changes were made to the draft text.
Some revisions _ including the removal of specific critical
references to Israel and problematic passages about the defamation
of religion _ were negotiated for which State Department spokesman
Robert Wood said the administration was "deeply grateful."
But he said the text retains troubling elements that suggest
support for restrictions on free speech and an affirmation of the
findings of the first World Conference Against Racism, held in
Durban, South Africa, in 2001 that the U.S cannot endorse.
References
1.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/18/AR2009041801674.html?hpid=sec-politics
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