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Urge European Union states to oppose the U.N.’s “Durban 3” summit for September 21, 2011 in New York. The event would celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 2001 Durban conference on racism—a gathering that was hijacked by dictators and their allies, and which ended up promoting anti-Semitism and scapegoating America, the West, and Israel as racists.The E.U.’s voice is crucial. Urge France, Germany, the U.K., and other E.U. countries not to bestow the appearance of moral authority on an event that will give a dangerous platform to racist murderers like Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Libyan dictator Moammar Qaddafi.
The following letter - Petition - is already typed up on UN Watch, for your signature. The Petition reads as follows:
As a supporter of the true principles of human rights and equality, I urge the 27 member states of the European Union to oppose the U.N.’s “Durban 3” gathering next year in New York.
The U.N. resolution calls for a summit of world leaders on September 21, 2011, “to commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration.” The event would be jam-packed with “an opening plenary,” “consecutive round tables,” “thematic panels,” a “closing plenary meeting,” culminating in a “political declaration” — all in celebration of the 2001 “World Conference of Racism” held in Durban, South Africa, which scapegoated America, the West, and Israel.
In its statement, the U.S. said it was “deeply troubled by the choice of time and venue for the 10th anniversary commemorative event. Just days earlier, we will have honored the victims of 9/11, whose loved ones will be marking a solemn 10-year anniversary for them and the entire nation. It will be an especially sensitive time for the people of New York and a repeat of the vitriol sadly experienced at past Durban-related events risks undermining the relationship we have worked hard to strengthen over the past few years between the United States and the UN.”
On Dec. 24, 2010, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said that "The United States today voted against a UN resolution to hold a 10th anniversary of the Durban Declaration meeting in New York in September 2011. We voted no because the Durban Declaration process has included ugly displays of intolerance and anti-Semitism, and we do not want to see that commemorated."
As you know, the 2001 Durban conference not only failed to combat racism—it actually incited racism. Durban became the worst international manifestation of anti-Semitism in the post-war period.
The 2001 declaration targeted Israel as an alleged perpetrator of racism, singling out “the plight of Palestinians under foreign occupation.”
Inflammatory speeches were ubiquitous. PLO chief Yasser Arafat described the “ugliness” of “Israeli racist policies and practices against the Palestinian people.” Cuban president Fidel Castro spoke of “the dreadful genocide perpetrated, at this very moment, against our Palestinian brothers.”
What’s worse, the U.N.’s Durban 3 resolution specifically invites non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to “organize and support” various “high visibility initiatives... to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration.”
This is alarming given that the U.N.-sponsored NGO Forum of the 2001 conference was entirely dominated by anti-Western, anti-Israel extremists. They formally declared Israel a “racist apartheid state” guilty of “genocide.” On the streets of Durban, a Palestinian-led march saw thousands waving placards saying, “Hitler Should Have Finished the Job.” Others handed out copies of the notorious anti-Jewish tract, “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.” Jewish human rights activists at Durban were physically intimidated and threatened. Students were traumatized.
Thankfully, the 2009 attempt to replicate these scenes in Geneva, at the Durban II conference, was thwarted. Firm red lines by the European Union kept the worst language out of the outcome text. And UN Watch organized mega-events with genuine human rights victims that seized the public space, captured international attention and reframed the narrative.
The European Union is the most influential bloc of democracies at the UN. It should not bestow the appearance of moral authority on a platform that will be dominated by racist murderers like Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Libyan dictator Moammar Qaddafi.
Accordingly, to truly support the principles of human rights and anti-racism, I urge all EU states to oppose the U.N.’s "Durban 3" conference.
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If you wish to sign the Petition to the E.U., opposing the U.N.'s "Durban 3" conference, simply go to the UN Watch website, here.
Keep in mind that since Obama took office, he has attempted to hijack America's "Day of Remembrance - Sept. 11th" by calling on first, school children and then, Americans, to consider Sept. 11th a "Day for Volunteers". This is an insult to all Americans who remember the 3,000 murdered Americans by Islamic terrorists.
Nothing has changed in 10 years: our troops continue to fight in distant lands, against the same Islamic groups who wish us all dead; NYC is still without a proper memorial for those who died on Sept. 11th (and yet we have an outrageous attempt by an Inman to build a mosque by the site of our dead); and now, when America will be remembering the 10th Anniversary since that tragic day, 9-11-01, this day will be over-shadowed by the in-coming group of anti-American haters and dictators who intend to use our land, again, to promote hatred towards America and that of Israel.If at all possible, let us put a stop to this conference here in NYC quickly. Let them hold the conference in another country of their choosing - as long as it is not in America!
Thank you!
Real Americans Defend Israel
