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Commissioner for Human Rights calls for intensified efforts after United States Israel
leave World Conference High
Commissioner for Human Rights and Secretary-General of the World Conference against Racism
Mary Robinson said tonight she regretted the decision by the United States and Israel to
withdraw from the Durban meeting, but urged other delegations to persist in their
endeavours for a "ringing endorsement of tolerance and respect for human
dignity".
Mrs. Robinson reiterated
that the texts adopted in Durban so far were constructive and that the hard work done
during the long preparatory process was beginning to pay off.
"Countless people around the world
have placed high hopes on this Conference", she said. "We owe it to them to work
until the very last minute to have at the end of our meeting a ringing endorsement of
tolerance and respect for human dignity".
UN
Department of Public Information . News and Media Services Division - New York
3 September 2001 |
