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UN racism meeting recommits to goals but renews divides

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The U.N. General Assembly commemorates a landmark but contentious 2001 anti-racism conference. The meeting focused on reparations and racial justice for people with African heritage. Israel, the United States and some other countries boycotted the meeting because of continued grievances about the Durban meeting.

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UN racism meeting recommits to goals but renews divides

The U.N. General Assembly pledged Wednesday to redouble efforts to combat racism around the world, commemorating a landmark but contentious 2001 anti-racism conference by holding an anniversary meeting once again riven with divisions. Looking back on the two decades since the conference in Durban, South Africa, the assembly adopted a resolution that acknowledged some progress but deplored what it called a rise in discrimination, violence and in…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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UN racism meeting recommits to goals but renews divides

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly pledged Wednesday to redouble efforts to combat racism around the world, commemorating a landmark but contentious 2001 anti-racism conference by holding an anniversary meeting once again riven with divisions.

3 years ago·United States

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Irish Independent

UN racism meeting recommits to goals but renews old divides

The UN General Assembly has pledged to redouble efforts to combat racism around the world, commemorating a landmark but contentious 2001 anti-racism conference by holding an anniversary meeting once again riven with divisions.

3 years ago·Ireland

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UN anti-racism event, rejected by some, recommits to goals - Local News 8

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated PressUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly is pledging to redouble efforts to combat racism around the world as it commemorates a landmark but contentious 2001 anti-racism conference. On Wednesday, the assembly held an anniversary meeting that was fraught with divisions again. Without a roll-call vote, the Assembly adopted a resolution that acknowledged some progress but deplored what it called a rise in di…

3 years ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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