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Durban III is an informal name for a high-level United Nations General Assembly meeting marking the 10th anniversary of the adoption of The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action that was held in New York City on 22 September 2011.〔 It was mandated in 2009 by United Nations General Assembly (GA) resolution 64/148 to commemorate the World Conference against Racism 2001 (also known as Durban I), and given additional form and visibility by a GA Third Committee draft resolution adopted on 24 November 2010.〔(U.N. Seeks Obama’s Attendance at ‘Durban III’ on 10th Anniversary of 9/11 ), ''New York Sun'' 24-11-2010〕 It followed the Durban Review Conference, the official name of the 2009 United Nations World Conference Against Racism (WCAR), also known as Durban II. The theme of the conference was "Victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance: recognition, justice and development", and most of the member states of the UN attended.〔(10th Anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action: General Assembly High-level meeting: 22 September 2011 )〕〔(NGOs Cry "Sabotage" Over U.N. Meeting on Racism )〕 Consisting of a plenary session and a series of round table discussions at the level of Heads of State and Government, its stated goal was to build upon the agenda outlined in The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, or DDPA, described by the UN as "the international community's blueprint for action to fight racism."〔〔 The Durban conferences had previously been criticized by Western governments for allegedly promoting rather than combating racism. Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States all boycotted Durban III. They charged that the Durban process has been used to promote racism, intolerance, antisemitism and Holocaust denial, and to erode freedom of speech and Israel's right to exist. The same countries, excluding Austria, Bulgaria, France and the United Kingdom, also previously boycotted the Durban Review Conference in 2009.〔(Durban III Set for New York City in September 2011 )〕 A coalition of 25 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) critical of the conference, led by UN Watch, organized a parallel human rights summit with the stated aim of drawing attention to flaws in the UN system and promoting reform. A similar counter-conference organized by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel and human rights scholar Anne Bayefsky featured scholars and public figures. Conversely, the Durban +10 Coalition, a group of NGOs which included the US Human Rights Network, National Lawyers Guild and the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, expressed its unequivocal support for the DDPA and criticized countries boycotting the conference.〔 ==Program== Durban III is a one-day meeting, and its theme is "victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance: recognition, justice and development." Speakers at the conference ranged from the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.〔 to Simon Aban Deng, a former slave and Sudanese human rights activist living in the United States. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Durban III」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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