France will not be present.
While the United Nations General Assembly is due to hold a day on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance next September, the Élysée is announcing that Emmanuel Macron will not participate.
In question ?
The concern of the Head of State concerning the "
passive anti-Semitic remarks in this conference
".
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This day should mark the 20th anniversary of the Durban Conference in South Africa, which was held in 2001. At the time, Israel and the United States had already withdrawn: several Arab countries had then wanted to assimilate Zionism to racism.
The second edition, in 2011, in Geneva had already been boycotted by several countries for comments against Israel.
This year, several countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, or even Canada have already indicated that they will not participate in the conference.