Obama Administration Pulls Out of Durban II

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World • Fri Feb 27, 2009 at 11:03 am PST • Views: 287

Here’s a little piece of good news: U.S. pulling out of racism conference.

White House aides told Jewish leaders on a conference call today that the United States will boycott the United Nations’ World Conference on Racism over hostility to Israel in draft documents prepared for the April conference.

The aides, including an advisor to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, Jennifer Simon, and longtime Obama advisor Samantha Power, said the administration will not participate in further negotiations on the current text or participate in a conference based on the text, sources on the call said.

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