A baker's dozen: France does the right thing (for a change)
France has backed out of the Durban III conference. The process “became more and more racist,” and “just like the Brits” the French foreign minister will not be attending it, a French diplomat told The Jerusalem Post from Paris on Saturday.Unfortunately, 180 countries still remain in the conference.
The aims of the anti-racism conference has “moved away from its original purpose,” the diplomat said.
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“France will not participate in the meeting planned in New York on the 22nd of September commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Durban conference against racism,” the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement sent to the Post.
“We remember that the previous meeting [in Geneva in 2009] led to an unacceptable diversion of the principles and values of the fight against racism. For this reason, as other partners of the European Union, France will not attend the commemoration.
“France reaffirms its attachment to the universality of human rights and its determination to fight against racism.
France remains strongly determined to pursue the collective efforts undertaken within the UN and other international bodies to fight efficiently against all forms of racism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia and racial discrimination,” the statement continues.
Labels: Durban III, France
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:43 AM
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