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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2001 Negotiations for the upcoming United Nations World Conference Against Racism have ended with no clear agreement on one of the issues President Bush says would prevent the United States from attending. Secretary of State Colin Powell will now be deciding within the next week whether to send representatives. Zionism as racism, one of Bush's objections, will not be on the conference agenda but slavery reparations for African nations might be discussed. The conference begins later this month in South Africa. Get the Story:
Zionism-and-Racism Item Off Meeting's Agenda (Reuters 8/15)
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Facebook TwitterWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2001 Negotiations for the upcoming United Nations World Conference Against Racism have ended with no clear agreement on one of the issues President Bush says would prevent the United States from attending. Secretary of State Colin Powell will now be deciding within the next week whether to send representatives. Zionism as racism, one of Bush's objections, will not be on the conference agenda but slavery reparations for African nations might be discussed. The conference begins later this month in South Africa. Get the Story:
Zionism-and-Racism Item Off Meeting's Agenda (Reuters 8/15)
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Human Rights Issues, State Department - http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr
World Conference Against Racism, UN - http://www.un.org/WCAR Related Stories:
U.N. critlcal of federal Indian policy (8/14)
US says progress made on fighting racism (8/7)
Bush still holding back on racism (8/2)
Bush accused of not caring about racism (8/1)
Yellow Bird: US should be embarrassed (7/31)
Negotiations begin on racism conference (7/31)
US may skip out of racism conference (7/30)
Powell urged to attend racism conference (7/11)
Natives urged against approaching UN (5/11)
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