WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States will not attend a United Nations conference on racism in Geneva next week because of “objectionable” language in a declaration prepared for the meeting, the State Department said on Saturday.
The United States said previously that it would skip the meeting unless its concerns about language that it believed endorsed anti-Semitism and restrictions on free speech were addressed. “It now seems certain these remaining concerns will not be addressed,” said Robert Wood, the department’s spokesman.
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