United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 58562
Racial Discrimination: UN Resolutions
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18 October 2021
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26 October 2021 · Answer
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26 October 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the UK voted against the UN Resolution A/RES/75/237 calling for action for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related into
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18 October 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the UK voted against the UN Resolution A/RES/75/237 calling for action for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related into
Source: Commons
26 October 2021
Answer
The UK Government is committed to tackling all forms of racism, including antisemitism. We could not agree with the multiple references to the Durban Conference in the UN resolution, given our historic concerns over antisemitism related to that Conference...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-10-18/58562
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1360754
- uk · wq-1360754 · source updated 26 October 2021