Harris wrote that although “under the present circumstances” the United States should not attend the April conference, “this leaves two options: to throw up our hands, or work to change those circumstances.” The AJC, he explains, believed it should “work with our government to assess whether Durban is beyond salvaging. . . . If Durban can be fixed, everybody wins — not least, the global struggle against racism, to which AJC has been committed for more than a century. If it can’t, we will absolutely seek to hold the administration to its promise to withdraw.” http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YWQ0OTJkNjg1YjY2YjM3ODg3NGJjNTk1ZDJjY2UzOGQ=#more
f the European governments, as well as Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and India also refuse to join another antisemitic and anti-democratic UN event using the façade of fighting racism, the room will be largely empty. Officials from Libya, Iran, Syria and Egypt will repeat their denunciations, Holocaust denial, and diatribes against free speech and religious freedom (under the guise of opposition to Islamophobia), to members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the Arab League, and perhaps a few African and other countries in the OIC orbit. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236103147345&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
In his speech in Geneva on Tuesday, Verhagen said, “I fully understand why some countries have decided not to participate. For the Netherlands, too, the draft outcome document is not acceptable in its present form.” His country, he said, would not accept a text that placed religion above individuals, failed to condemn anti-Semitism and discrimination based on sexual orientation, and that singled out Israel. “These are clear red lines for the Netherlands,” he said.
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