23/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - The United States, which had threatened to boycott the World Conference on Racism, organised by the United Nations in Durban from 31 August to 7 September, should participants decide to qualify Sionism as racism and call for reparations for slavery, could nevertheless take part in the conference. "We can expect the United States to be present in Durban but the main question to settle remains the level" of their representation, David Harris, of the American Jewish Committee told the press having met Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. This level should soon be decided by Secretary of State Colin Powell, said Mr. Harris, before adding: "What he'll do is not yet clear (…) It's he and he alone, who will take the decision after consultations with the President".