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Day 2 of our Exclusive Coverage from DURBAN 2: Our Way or Norway

By David Weiner

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/bloggish/item/day_2_of_our_exclusive_coverage_from_durban_2_our_way_or_norway_20090421/

The conference officially began today, and I spent most of the day in the General Assembly Hall. The morning featured formal speeches by Ban Ki-moon, Martin Uhomoibhi (President of HRC), and Navanethem Pillay (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights). However, everyone was waiting for 3:14 pm when Ahmadinejad would address the conference against racism.

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