Delegates walk out of UN meeting
A number of delegates walked out of a United Nations conference on racism on Monday when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a racist government.
The United States and its major allies are boycotting the meeting in Geneva over concerns that it would be used as a platform for criticism of Israel.
Ahmadinejad's comments drew applause from some delegations that remained.
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Andrew Camilleri
Apr 20th 2009, 19:35
Nobody can criticize Israel it seems. That's why it is the only country in the world which does what it wants while everybody turns a blind eye.
Alex Ellul
Apr 20th 2009, 17:09
What is the UN turning into? A racists' paradise?