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New Zealand pulls out of Durban III over anti-Semitism

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 22:22

Berlin - New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully announced on Friday that New Zealand will boycott the Durban III conference on September, 22 because the anti-racism event is plagued by anti-Semitism.

In a statement issued to The Jerusalem Post on Friday, McCully said: "We remain concerned that the commemoration of the 2001 Durban Declaration could re-open the offensive and anti-Semitic debates which undermined the original World Conference. For these reasons, we have decided not to participate.”

He added that "New Zealand is fully committed to combating racism and we agree the UN should lead discussions on the elimination of racism. That is why we engaged constructively in the preparatory discussions in New York. However, in the end, the text is not one that we could support.”

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