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	Racism and Human Rights (World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance - ...
		The World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, was held in Durban, South Africa from August 31 to September 7, 2001.
		Racism and Refugees: HRW Contribution to the World Conference Against Racism
		Racism, Refugees and Migrants: HRW Contribution to the European Conference Against Racism
	www.hrw.org /campaigns/race (901 words)

	WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM
		That is how to reduce and prevent the growing discrimination, racism and inequality that appears to be at the center of forced globalization, and promote and insure justice and equality for the majority of the people of the world.
		If racism and colonialism are social constructs, then we must figure out not only how to de-construct them, but to construct new systems of human relations, understanding the interplay between the individual family, the human family, and the family of life; between me, you and we.
		More important is for the world community to condemn the United States - both for its failure to fully participate in the process of the World Conference and its historical failure to remedy the long barbaric history of discrimination and racism.
	www.vppps.org /wcar.htm (2308 words)

	World Conference Against Racism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		With the upcoming World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, close at hand, the United States government still has not agreed to send a high-level delegation to the conference.
		The conference against racism will look at what can be done to address the inequities and oppression caused by years of slavery, slave trade and colonialism, in which three-fourths of the world’s population was exploited for profits.
		This is the third world conference against racism but the first one to which the United States has been invited.
	gbgm-umc.org /umw/newsreleases/wcar.html (713 words)

	The UN World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Durban, South Africa
		Yet the noble goals of the 2001 UN World Conference Against Racism were undermined by hateful anti-Jewish rhetoric and anti-Israel political agendas, prompting both Israel and the United States to withdraw their delegations from the conference.
		Racism, in all its forms, is one of the most widespread and pernicious evils, depriving millions of hope and fundamental rights.
		The NGO conference, according to the UN, aimed to publicize the "voices of the victims." In this forum, the Jewish Caucus proposed that Holocaust denial and anti-Jewish violence caused by Jewish support for Israel be labeled forms of anti-Semitism.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/UN/durban1.html (1146 words)

	The EU's Human rights and Democratisation Policy - The World Conference Against Racism
		The World Conference aimed to focus on action-oriented and practical steps to eradicate racism, including measures of prevention, education and protection and the provision of effective remedies.
		The Conference was organised by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and was preceded by an NGO Forum from 28 August to 1 September which provided an opportunity for civil society to present its views on the themes of the conference.
		At regional level, it took part in the European regional preparatory conference hosted by the Council of Europe ‘All different all equal: from principle to practice’ on 11-13 October 2000 which led to the adoption of a political declaration and of general conclusions.
	ec.europa.eu /comm/external_relations/human_rights/wcar (638 words)

	MRG - World Conference Against Racism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The World Conference against Racism planned for 31 August to 7 September 2001 is intended to bring into focus lessons learned from earlier UN action against racial discrimination and to lay foundations for future action.
		The World Conference should consider the contribution to anti-discrimination action that could be made by institutions whose influence was not sufficiently considered when ICERD was drafted: for example, the mass media and organized sport, and any similar activities, in order to associate them with its programme.
		The World Conference should press appropriate UN bodies, such as Habitat, to give high priority to the need to analyse trends towards de facto racial segregation in the residential areas of cities and to identify measures that will prevent the transmission of racial inequality from one generation to the next.
	www.minorityrights.org /WCR/wcr_article13.html (3778 words)

	Baha'i World News Service - Baha'i International Community issues statement to World Conference against Racism
		The world's great religions likewise uphold the principle, even if their followers have, at times, clung to fallacious notions of superiority.
		Issues of xenophobia before the Conference in relation to contemporary problems of minority diasporas, the uneven application of citizenship laws, and refugee resettlement can likewise best be addressed in the light of humanity's oneness and, as Bahá'u'lláh indicated, the concept of world citizenship.
		More specifically, Bahá'í communities around the world have sponsored numerous youth workshops that promote racial unity, held thousands of public "race unity day" observances, launched television and video campaigns to promote race harmony, sponsored neighborhood race unity dialogues, and participated in various national commissions to combat racism.
	www.bahaiworldnews.org /story.cfm?STORYID=133 (1597 words)

	World Conference Against Racism Should Not Be Dismissed
		For victims of racism the world over, perhaps voicing their concerns through such an international forum for the first time, this conference was no doubt, valuable, notwithstanding squabbles, dramatic developments (such as the U.S. departure) and logistical inconveniences.
		The world's youth also commanded a strong presence and were given space to dialogue on issues impacting their lives.
		Nonetheless, there is hope that the World Conference Against Racism will serve as the catalyst for continuing the dynamic struggle against racism, xenophobia and related intolerance and that ties forged between NGO groups will be the impetus for setting in motion a dynamic movement against global racism.
	www.coc.org /bin/view.fpl/1255/article/1528.html (1529 words)

	HRW: World Conference Against Racism Backgrounder
		The World Conference should recognize that caste-based discrimination blights the lives of hundreds of millions-and that international programs are required to remedy its consequences and to establish practical measures to facilitate its abolition.
		But drafts of the World Conference program of action have called for measures to address discrimination in the administration of justice only where discriminatory intent can be discerned.
		The World Conference should recommend measures to identify and to remedy the racist effect of law or practice in the administration of justice, even in the absence of racist intent.
	www.hrw.org /campaigns/race/background0727.htm (734 words)

	World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerence
		When the General Assembly decided to convene the WCAR, it announced that “the world conference will be action-oriented and focus on practical measures to eradicate racism.”[1] The extent to which that promise becomes reality may depend on the level and nature of participation of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
		States should be encouraged to inform the conference of their internal problems involving racial discrimination and the efforts still required to address the issue.
		Their ability to direct the focus of the conference may be to the detriment of NGOs from, and the cause of racial justice in, Non-western and developing countries.
	www.hri.ca /racism/Projects/think1.shtml (1919 words)

	Choike - World Conference Against Racism - WCAR
		Both WCAR delegates and participants at the NGO Forum faced the challenge of finding common ground on a host of sensitive issues connected with racism, racial discrimination, and xenophobia, and achieving consensus to draw up their respective Declarations and Plans of Action.
		World Conference Against Racism: "United to combat racism".
		The General Assembly adopted a resolution on the struggle against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.
	www.choike.org /nuevo_eng/informes/1166.html (1467 words)

	United Nations World Conference Against Racism Roundtable
		The World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR), to take place in South Africa from August31 to September 7, 2001, represents a unique opportunity to create a new world vision for the fight against racism in the twenty-first century.
		The UN slogan for the World Conference is "United to Combat Racism: Equality, Dignity, Justice".
		The consultations process will culminate into a national conference in December 2000 (tentative dates are December 1, 8, or 15), bringing together representatives from regional and national civil society groups to consider the integrated input from the consultations (regional, thematic meetings as well as other input).
	www.pch.gc.ca /multi/wcar/res/framework_e.cfm (2123 words)

	The World Conference Against Racism
		Parallel to the preparatory conference for the governmental organizations a NGOs held a preparatory discussions for the ucoming NGO conference.
		The U.N. World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance represents an historic opportunity for Peoples of the World at the dawn of the Twenty-First Century to speak out against Racism, the scourge of past century and set new standards for equality of peoples during the new millennium.
		The Conference should not allow itself to be diverted from its objectives by becoming enmeshed into the Israel Arab conflict, which is foreign to the conference goals.
	www.wzo.org.il /en/resources/view.asp?id=97 (1899 words)

	ZNet Commentary
		If you don't see most of this, you may not be struck by the poignancy and potential for irony of our ANC government hosting a world conference against racism in a city where the majority are fl and poor, and a minority, mostly still white, continue to enjoy the spoils of the economy.
		A question on many peoples' minds in the run up to the World Conference Against Racism is whether the economic forces and policies, both local and global, which continue to keep so many fl people poor, will be up for debate in the conference at all.
		As recently as this week, the US and some European governments are reported to have threatened to withdraw their funding or to boycott the conference altogether if the issue of reparations is to be included.
	www.zmag.org /sustainers/content/2001-07/11brutus.htm (1796 words)

	THE WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM
		Racism is a pernicious and persistent evil, a major blight on human progress.
		The Bahá'í community opposes racism and xenophobia of any form and believes that the cancer of racial hatred can most effectively be countered by celebrating and promoting the fundamental oneness of humankind.
		But underlying such dramatic events are social processes and structures that allow ethnically-based inequities and injustices to flourish, resulting in a long-term failure to nurture the God-given talents and capacities of all and to use these talents and capacities in service to the whole of humankind.
	www.bahai.org.uk /dp/racism.htm (548 words)

	NPR Special Report: The United Nations World Conference Against Racism
		In that way, the conference justified its own existence: The event not only showed that racism is still an insidious problem throughout the world, but that race is often used as leverage to advance other interests that often are only peripherally related to interracial relations.
		The complex and wide-ranging nature of the conference gave rise to its rather unwieldy full name: The World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance.
		The controversial and perennial topic of slave reparations is a focus of the conference, and of NPR's coverage.
	www.npr.org /programs/specials/racism/index.html (1496 words)

	Durban Diary: Up Close and Black at the World Conference Against Racism
		This conference is a bit of a stepchild in the U.N. family: the 1995 Beijing Women's Conference had total expenditures of more than ten times the World Conference Against Racism.
		Most of us agree that there are central issues of injustice—poverty, racism, sexism, marginalization among them; that globalization has meant a great deal of escalation of these and other challenges; and that we must take on both the market and our governments if we hope to make a difference.
		A fl woman was among the network reporters refusing to attend a press conference less than 20 feet away on reparations in order to film yet another hour of verbal conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
	www.seeingblack.com /x091001/racism.shtml (3635 words)

	Amid controversy, the World Conference against Racism reaches consensus -- July-October 2001
		Originally scheduled to run from 31 August 2001 to 7 September, the Conference was extended by one day, as delegations sought to find wording on these issues that would satisfy all parties.
		In the end, however, governments and UN officials expressed satisfaction that the outcome of World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, as the event was officially known, was a significant step forward in many areas.
		As well, the Bahá'í International Community, which is a member of the International NGO caucus, issued its own statement to the WCAR, which called for the recognition of the oneness of humanity as the "antidote" to all forms of racism, xenophobia and intolerance.
	www.onecountry.org /e132/e13204as_WCAR_story.htm (861 words)

	IPS - World Conference Against Racism
		There are attempts to have the conference declare Zionism a form of racist state and demands that former colonial powers - and other parties - pay reparations to victims of slavery.
		More says NGOs need to hold their Forum ahead of the conference because they are free of many of the restrictions that bound governments and they could speak out more freely and sharply on issues that concerned them.
		The South African National Youth Summit Against Racism, presently being held as part of the preparations for WCAR, is expected to back the declaration.
	www.ipsnews.net /wconference/note2.shtml (796 words)

	ILO External relations and partnerships - World Conference against Racism
		The Conference called on States to eliminate racism against all workers, including migrants and migrant workers, and to ensure full equality before the law.
		The Conference called for measures to advance non-discrimination at the workplace through multi-faceted strategies and stressed the importance of the involvement of labour, management and non-governmental organizations.
		The Conference helped make it clear that increased efforts by the ILO and its constituents were needed to identify and combat racial and related discrimination in the workplace.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/bureau/exrel/events/wcr.htm (1152 words)

	INTERVENTION AT THE DURBAN WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM
		The Durban World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance presents a significant challenge to the world community at the beginning of a new Millennium.
		A further theme which the Holy See has wished to stress particularly during this Conference is that of the fundamental role of education in the fight against racism.
		May one of the fruits of the Conference be the beginnings of a new broad, international cooperation between governments, civil society, religious groups and the mass media, as well as farseeing and courageous individuals, to work together to help construct a vision of humankind, which truly lives in unity.
	www.ewtn.com /library/curia/statraci.htm (1453 words)

	IITC Report on the Third World Conference Against Racism
		The conference endorses the right of indigenous peoples to maintain their traditional structure of economy and culture, including their own language, and also recognizes the special relationship of indigenous peoples to their land, and stresses that their land, land rights and natural resources should not be taken from them.
		It recommended that the WCAR recognize that Indigenous Peoples have a right not to be deprived of their lands, natural resources and means of subsistence, and that the WCAR should call upon the States to take effective measures to protect Indigenous Peoples’ rights to their land, territories and natural resources.
		And, indeed, it is obvious that certain deeply rooted patterns of racism and racial discrimination are closely related to the colonial past with its white supremacy and that nefarious doctrines of racial superiority were preached and practiced by Europeans.
	www.treatycouncil.org /section_211442.htm (3791 words)

	Durban UN World Conference Against Racism
		Anti-Israel forces used the United Nations World Conference Against Racism -- held in Durban, South Africa, in September 2001 -- to continue their campaign to de-legitimize Israel with unfounded charges of racism.
		The Tehran document proposed further to replace any references to anti-Semitism as a form of racism with the insidious phrase, "Zionist practices against Semitism," thus attempting to undermine the idea that hatred of the Jewish people exists, and reviving the poisonous and untrue idea that Zionism is a racist movement.
		Israel and the United States refused to attend the Durban conference because of the anti-Israel positions.
	www.palestinefacts.org /pf_1991to_now_israel_durban.php (412 words)

	NGO Monitor - Human Rights NGOs - Arab Israeli Conflict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A UN resolution began the process leading to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance held at Durban in September 2001.
		A regional conference in Tehran, intended to produce a composite Declaration against Racism and a Plan of Action, preceded the conference.
		During the World Conference, large numbers of NGOs organized a parallel NGO Forum (sometimes confused with the Conference) that, in turn, succeeded in overshadowing the formal proceedings.
	www.ngo-monitor.org /issues/durban.htm (987 words)

	WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM,
		Having listened to the peoples of the world and recognizing their aspirations to justice, to equality of opportunity for all and everyone, to the enjoyment of their human rights, including the right to development, to live in peace and freedom and to equal participation without discrimination in economic, social, cultural, civil and political life;
		67. We are convinced that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance reveal themselves in a differentiated manner for women and girls, and can be among the factors leading to a deterioration in their living conditions, poverty, violence, multiple forms of discrimination, and the limitation or denial of their human rights.
		In this regard, the World Conference underlines the importance of fostering awareness and providing training to the various agents in the criminal justice system to ensure fair and impartial application of the law.
	www.icare.to /wcardeclarationandpoa-unedited.html (10055 words)

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