Upcoming U.N. Conference Worries Many Jewish Groups

http://www.jewishtimes.com/News/6894.stm

"Jewish groups are casting a watchful eye on the first preparatory meetings for what some are calling Durban II, the follow-up to the infamous U.N.-sponsored conference against racism in 2001. The World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa on the eve of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, was a scandal of global proportions, according to Jewish officials who were present. Representatives of Jewish non-governmental organizations were harassed, sometimes physically, while anti-Semitic propaganda -- including copies of "Mein Kampf" and the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" -- were freely distributed. The Israeli and American delegations walked out in protest. "

"We're very concerned," said Sybil Kessler, director of U.N. affairs for B’nai B’rith International, of the Durban preparatory conference. "The composition of the bureau is problematic. The legacy of Durban is hanging above us. This session is going to decide potentially whether this is going to be another fiasco or whether this is going to help redirect the U.N. agenda on racism and move beyond the problematic legacy of Durban."

While Jewish observers widely agree that coordination among Jewish groups and outreach to sympathetic allies will be crucial, there is little evidence that such coordination is in the making."

Shimon Samuels, the Paris-based representative of the Wiesenthal Center who says he was thrown off an NGO steering committee related to the first Durban conference because he was Jewish, thinks little can be done to stop a recurrence of 2001. "I don't think we can avert a recurrence," said Samuels, who intends to be in Geneva next week. "I think what we can do is be informed. We can this time reach out, because there are many, many frustrated NGOs who are brought in at their own cost to exotic places with money they don't have to be window dressing. They are cheerleaders. We did not take advantage of them last time."

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