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| Walkout at UN conference |
| 2009-04-20 |
| Walkout at UN conference after Iran president calls Israel 'racist' British delegates joined a dramatic diplomatic walkout today when President Ahmadinejad of Iran told a major UN conference against racism that the state of Israel had been founded "on the pretext of Jewish suffering" during the Second World War. Around 20 delegates, including envoys from the UK, France, Canada and Finland stood up and left the room at what was considered an anti-Semitic remark by the Iranian leader, who has repeatedly called for Israel to be wiped off the map. Nine Western countries including Israel and the United States had already decided to boycott the conference entirely because its draft declaration endorsed the conclusions of an anti-racism conference in South Africa eight years ago in which Islamic nations pushed through a text equating Zionism with racism. |
| Posted by:Free Radical |
| #1 From an AP report "jeering protesters in rainbow wigs tossing red clown noses at the hardline leader." - a nice touch |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-04-20 16:58 |