August 29, 2005

Report of the Secretary-General on Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

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This report of the Secretary General on the implementation of the Durban Declaration is a clear refutation of all those who claim that follow-up to the 2001 Durban racism conference is a benign activity. He includes a submission from an NGO called BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights. It highlights BADIL's website, despite the fact that the site highlights a call for "a boycott, divestment and sanctions" against the UN member state of Israel. He does, however, include an enunciation of the NGO's activities, "such as the Nakba Memorial, commemorating the massive Palestinian eviction and dispossession in 1948." -"Nakba" is the Arabic for the "catastrophe" of the creation of the state of Israel.