The piece below, by Jeremy Newmark, appears in the Jewish News:
On arrival at the Palais des Nations in Geneva for the Durban Review Conference (Durban II), colleagues from Jewish groups around the globe were rightly proud of the fact that, whatever the coming days would bring, the lessons of the original Durban debacle had been [...]
This piece, by Karen Pollock, oriinally appeared on the Progress website.
You could hardly escape seeing the President Ahmedinejad circus this week. Images of him with a young guy in a colourful wig were everywhere - TV, national and international newspapers, the blogosphere.
I saw those images too, but there, on the conference floor in the United [...]
this piece, by Karen Pollock, appears in the Jewish Chronicle
Sitting at the Conference floor of the United Nations on Monday I was overwhelmed. I watched in utter disbelief as the High Commissioner introduced the President of Iran amidst strange excitement and anticipation among the audience as he made his way to the podium. It was [...]
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“Side by Side: Tackling Racism Together”
Fringe Meeting at the Durban Review Conference
The Jewish Human Rights Coalition UK, along with UK Muslim activists and the Head of the British student movement, called yesterday for enhanced cooperation in combating racism at a fringe meeting during the Durban Review Conference in Geneva.
Over 200 senior NGO activists [...]
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UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband held a series of telephone calls with representatives of the Jewish Human Rights Coalition (JHRC-UK) on the eve of the much-anticipated Durban Review Conference last Friday afternoon.
In three separate conversations, Henry Grunwald QC (President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and Chairman of the Jewish Leadership [...]