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Durban +10 Coalition program on 10th Anniversary of Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

Posted by TheBlackList News on September 23, 2011 at 2:00pm

Former UN Assistant Secretary General for the Center Against Apartheid, E.S. Reddy, opens the Durban +10 Coalition program on the 10th Anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA).


 

New York City - The Durban +10 Coalition, convened by the US Human Rights Network (USHRN) and World Against Racism Network (WARN), ran its grassroots anti-racist program in NYC from September 19-21, 2011. The program opened with the words of E. S. Reddy, former UN Assistant Secretary General fo

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African Diaspora Conference-Call for Papers

Posted by TheBlackList on March 18, 2011 at 1:30pm

AFRICA INSTITUTE OF SOUTH AFRICA (AISA) RESEARCH PROPOSAL FOR THE ARCHIE MAFEJE FELLOWSHIP 2011

PROPOSED topic of conference:
Diasporan Africans as the Sixth Region of the African Union: Roles, Expectations and Responsibilities in Building Pan-Africanism in the 21st Century

A CALL FOR PAPERS

(file attached)

“Our continent gives us the second largest land stretch in the world. The natural wealth of Africa is estimated to be greater than that of almost any other continent in the world. To draw the mo

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The World Conference against Racism and Obama

Posted by TheBlackList on May 1, 2009 at 9:09am

Awe Atingdui: The Durban Review Conference, which was held in Geneva, Switzerland generated a lot of buzz globally. This conference is of course, not a stranger to controversy. The first conference, which was called World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and related Intolerance, was held in Durban, South Africa in 2001, and it too was mired in controversy. At the center of the debate was language included in the document that singled out Israel and which resulted in
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Shameful, Obama Administration boycott of the UN Durban Review Conference

Posted by SendMeYourNews on April 14, 2009 at 8:37pm
Caucasians United for Reparations and Emancipation: Shameful U.S. Boycott Must Be Opposed When the Obama administration announced it would boycott the upcoming UN Durban Review Conference in Geneva, designed as a follow-up to the 2001 World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) held in Durban, South Africa, news media insisted the boycott had to do with Israel. But a decision that has followed the boycott seems to indicate the second half of the Obama administration's demand -- that references to r
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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – A Call to the Obama Administration for Action

Posted by TheBlackList on March 24, 2009 at 11:09am
March 21, 2009 Vernellia R. Randall Professor of Law On 21 March 1960 at least 180 black Africans were injured (there are claims of as many as 300) and 69 killed when South African police opened fire on approximately 300 demonstrators, who were protesting against the pass laws, at the township of Sharpeville. The Sharpeville Massacre, as the event has become known, signaled the start of armed resistance in South Africa, and prompted worldwide condemnation of South Africa's Apartheid policies.
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WCAR: Statement about the Durban Review and People of African Descent

Posted by TheBlackList on January 16, 2009 at 10:31am
Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent Eighth Session Geneva, 12-16 January 2009 Statement about the Durban Review and People of African Descent Presented during the Session, January 15, 2009. By African Canadian Legal Clinic, African Women’s Movement in Europe “Sophiedela”, Stichting National Monument the Netherlands (LPS/Panafstrag Europe NL), Tiye International, Pan-African Roots Organization, The University of Dayton, Afro Swedish National Association. As representatives of
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