The Durban III Abomination

The UN's Durban III freak show will go on. That any western nation would even consider attending this gathering of depraved Jew-haters, haters of freedom and practitioners of oppression and genocide, shows that much of the free world lacks a moral compass.

U.N. Allows Qaddafi Associates to Attend Durban III


This article by Anne Bayefsky appears on The Weekly Standard


The U.N. has quietly released the list of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that will be allowed to attend its “anti-racism” conference on September 22, 2011 in New York. All NGOs that requested credentials to attend the so-called “Durban III” conference were granted permission, except for four groups. Excluded are organizations from Denmark and Nepal that represent the Dalits (sometimes referred to as “outcasts” or “untouchables”), one little-known group dealing with human rights in Iraq, and the Swiss-based U.N. Watch, despite its close relations to the Obama administration and its support for U.S. membership on the U.N. Human Rights Council.

The U.N. General Assembly decided on June 13 that participation by NGOs in Durban III would be subject to the approval of every U.N. state – that is, approval from member states “on a no-objection basis.” This policy gave the likes of Iran, Saudi Arabia, and all other intolerant and xenophobic nations decision making power to decide which organizations count as genuinely “active in the field of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related forms of intolerance” – the theoretical criteria for approval. The U.N. has not released the name (or names) of the countries that objected to these four NGOs.

NGOs that passed the “no objection” hurdle, and are now accredited to attend Durban III, include “North South XXI” – an organization closely linked to Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi. In fact, according to the website of the “Al-Qaddafi International Prize for Human Rights,” the North South organization is its primary associate. At U.N. Human Rights Council sessions, North South representatives generally spend their time attempting to tie Israel to “racism,” “genocide,” and “extermination.” Another “anti-racism” NGO approved by the U.N. for participation in Durban III is the Mouvement contre le racism et pour l’amitié entre les peuples (MRAP). MRAP use their U.N. speeches to accuse Israel of “ethnic cleansing and apartheid.”

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