Hans Rustad Heller ikke Storbritannia ønsker å delta på Durban III-konferansen i New York. David Cameron sier de er mot rasisme, og det inkluderer antisemittisme, som har preget konferanse I og II.
The United States and Canada refused to send high-level representatives, objecting to what they saw as anti-Semitic language in the draft text, which tried to define Zionism as racism.
Even after those words were removed, there was further controversy as Arab states pressed for condemnation of Israel’s practices towards the Palestinians.
Iranian leader
Announcing his decision to withdraw from the event at the UN headquarters in New York later this month, the prime minister said the government was «100% committed to tackling racism both at home and abroad».But he said that aim «cannot be met by accepting this invitation».
«Ten years ago, the World Conference on Racism saw open displays of unpleasant and deplorable anti-Semitism,» Mr Cameron said.
«It would be wrong to commemorate those displays. Indeed, they should be condemned. And that’s why the UK will play no part in this conference.»
Foreign Secretary William Hague said the conference – and «the anti-Semitic atmosphere in which it was held» – was «a particularly unpleasant and divisive chapter in the UN’s history» and «should not be celebrated».
