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Durban III

Thursday, Nov 25/11/2010 // ,

“I unequivocally support the decision to boycott the Durban III conference, taking place in New York next September.
“The first Durban conference, which the proposed Durban III conference seeks to commemorate, turned into a festival of racism against Israel and the Jewish people that Canada was right to condemn. Sadly, while a decade has passed, the Durban conferences remain a staging ground for anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statements. Canada should absolutely not participate in the Durban III conference or countenance in any way these hateful views.

Durban III

Thursday, Nov 25/11/2010 // ,

On Thursday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, announced that Canada will not participate in events to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Program of Action (DDPA) in September 2011.

Durban III

Thursday, Nov 25/11/2010 // ,

    Mr. Speaker, today our government announced that Canada will not be attending the September 2011 conference commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Program of Action. Our government will not hesitate to combat all forms of racism.

Durban III

Thursday, Nov 25/11/2010 // ,

    Last December, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to hold an event in September of next year to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the first Durban conference. This new event is being labelled in the media as Durban III.
    Just as Canada was the first country in the world to withdraw from Durban II, so, too, will Canada lead in withdrawing from Durban III.

Layton backtracks on UN racism conference; Senior NDP MPs fear anti-Israeli tone at Durban 2

Tuesday, Jun 24/06/2008 // ,

An internal caucus revolt has forced NDP leader Jack Layton to revise his party’s position for a second time on Canada’s participation at the United Nations conference on racism, to be held in Geneva next year.

We must hold the UN to a higher standard

Wednesday, Jun 11/06/2008 // ,

Canada’s support for the United Nations has been a pillar of our foreign policy since 1945. The Atlantic Charter, signed by Roosevelt and Churchill in the midst of the Second World War, expressed the deep hopes of a world battered by hatred and vicious men seeking world domination, a world seeking a new order based on justice and freedom. That dream came to fruition at the San Francisco Conference in 1945, where Canada and Canadians played a key role.

NDP Shift on Durban II

Friday, Jun 06/06/2008 // ,

Mr. Speaker, after some initial confusion, the Liberal Party members came out in support of our government’s decision to withdraw from the Durban process. I commend them for that.

NDP Shift on Durban II

Friday, Jun 06/06/2008 // ,

Mr. Speaker, in 2001 the Liberal government lent Canada’s good name to a world conference against racism in Durban, South Africa, that quickly degenerated into an anti-Semitic hatefest, complete with reported displays of Hitler glorification.

Durban Confrence Withdrawal

Wednesday, Jan 30/01/2008 // ,

Last week three parties in the House of Commons came together to support the government’s decision to withdraw from the Durban Review Conference,

Louise Arbour’s Anti-Israel Motion Support

Wednesday, Jan 30/01/2008 // ,

"Mr. Speaker, last week UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour welcomed the coming into force of the Arab charter, which calls for ‘rejecting all forms of racism and Zionism’ and says that Zionism is ‘a violation of human rights’ and poses ‘a threat’ to world peace.

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