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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9874
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/racism

Commission confirms possible boycott of Durban II

Brussels, 01/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - European Justice Commissioner Jacques Barrot confirmed on Tuesday 31 March that Europeans may not take part at the United Nations conference on racism (Durban II) if the values defended by the Union are not upheld. “If necessary, we are ready to call on member states, like the EU, to withdraw from this process if there is any clear violation of the values that are at the heart of the EU either before or during the conference”, he said during a...

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