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Europe
Frenchies slap back at UN critics
2010-08-14
[Ennahar] The right UMP party, in power in France, has strongly criticized Friday Expert of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), citing "people who come from countries" that do not respect Human rights and "a hundred miles of realities.

This committee, composed of 18 so called experts from different countries, denounced this week a "lack of political will" in France against a "surge" of racist and xenophobic acts.
What would we do without experts?
Its members have also criticized the recent statements of President Nicolas Sarkozy on Roms and the draft to deprive of French nationality some criminals of foreign origin.

Interviewed by radio RTL, the deputy spokesman of the UMP Dominique Paille said he was "surprised by the attitude of this committee" and especially "its composition", "with people who come from countries that do not absolutely respect the human rights".

For his part, the UMP North Christian Vanneste, known for his right hand cut, said on France Info radio that the "constitution" of this committee "makes it suspect": "all countries which are part are not examples of democracy alive or examples of respect for minorities: Algeria, Russia, Romania, dealing badly with Roms in these countries- we must see in what condition they are when they come to us.
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