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The United Nations opened its week long global conference against racism in Geneva, Switzerland yesterday. Known as the Durban II Conference, it is the first meeting in eight years since the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance took place in 2001 in Durban, South Africa. The US has boycotted both meetings over language concerning Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. But, human rights groups did expect President Obama to send an official delegation, now that much of the controversial language over Israel from a draft of the conference declaration, has been removed. Controversy over Israel’s actions continues to dominate however – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the first official to address the conference, accused Israel of making \u201can entire nation homeless under the pretext of Jewish suffering,\u201d and that Israel was \u201cthe most cruel and repressive racist regime.\u201d Ahmadinejad\u2019s opening remarks sparked almost 40 diplomats from European countries including France and Britain to walk out. Protesters repeatedly interrupted his speech with shouts \u201cShame!\u201d and \u201cRacists!\u201d In addition to the US, seven other countries, Israel, the Netherlands, Germany, New Zealand, Canada, and Italy are boycotting Durban II. But some activists, including those like Rev. Eddie Makue, who have first hand experience of apartheid, liken Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to a new and worse form of apartheid. <\/p>\n
GUEST: Reverend Eddie Makue, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches<\/em><\/p>\n For Reference: <\/p>\n Articles 63 and 151 of Durban declaration in 2001: <\/p>\n 63. We are concerned about the plight of the Palestinian people under foreign 151. As for the situation in the Middle East, [the declaration] calls for the end of violence and the swift resumption of negotiations, respect for international human rights and humanitarian law, respect | the entire program The United Nations opened its week long global conference against racism in Geneva, Switzerland yesterday. Known as the Durban II Conference, it is the first meeting in eight years since the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance took place in 2001 in Durban, South Africa. The US […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\noccupation. We recognize the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination
\nand to the establishment of an independent State and we recognize the right to security for all
\nStates in the region, including Israel, and call upon all States to support the peace process and
\nbring it to an early conclusion;<\/p>\n
\nfor the principle of self-determination and the end of all suffering, thus allowing Israel and the
\nPalestinians to resume the peace process, and to develop and prosper in security and freedom;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"