Lillian Galedo of Filipino Civil Rights Advocates discusses the proceedings at the NGO forum of the 2001 World Conference Against Racism.
Laura Flanders argues that the U.S. boycott is really about the government's attempt to divert attention from the question of reparations for slavery.
South African newspaper presents articles highlighting the 2001 U.N. World Conference Against Racism.
Tim Wise, from ZNet considers the history of Zionism in response to the U.S. and Israeli withdrawl from the World Conference Against Racism.
U.N. Human Rights Chief states that the U.S. has not fully walked out of the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa.
Discusses the rejection by U.N. Human Rights chief Mary Robinson of the document at the 2001 World Conference which calls Israel a "racist apartheid state."
Article from September of 2001 discusses the efforts to alter the text at the Durban conference that equated Zionism with racism.
Tony Karon reports from the United Nations Racism Conference, and says the tone was "strangely dissonant." Find a summary of the issues.
Israeli newspaper contains a report about the potential boycott of the U.N. conference by the U.S. over the issues of Zionism and reparations for slavery.
Reports on the criticism of the U.S. government for pulling out of the 2001 World Conference Against Racism and underlying issues.
Article discusses the possibility of the United States boycotting the U.N. World Conference Against Racism should the issue of Zionism be equated with racism.