New Zealand, Cyprus to also boycott Durban IV conference | JPost

Arguments erupt outside the UN at the Durban IV Conference

New Zealand and Cyprus are the latest countries added to the list of those that will not take part in this month’s event marking 20 years since the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, which identified Israel alone as a racist state.

The conference was studded with anti-Semitic and anti-Israel sentiments.“

New Zealand remains strongly committed to combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,” a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Wellington said on Thursday.

“Consistent with our long-standing position, New Zealand will not attend the 20th anniversary of the Durban Declaration conference in New York on 22 September 2021.”

Durban IV will be held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

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