Canada, Australia Join U.S. in Boycotting UN’s ‘Durban’ Racism Event; Europeans Mull Their Stance Canada and Australia have confirmed that they, like the United States, will not be participating in the United Nations’ commemoration later this year of the so-called Durban process, an “anti-racism” initiative that has been plagued by controversy since its launch with the World Conference Against Racism two decades ago.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Thursday that his government would not attend the event, planned in New York during the high-level opening of the U.N. General Assembly session in September, citing the singling out of Israel.
“We will not associate Australia with one-sided and contentious language that singles out Israel or an event that champions such language,” Morrison told an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce event in Melbourne.............
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