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Article: Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center Commends the Canadian Government for Voting Against Additional Support for Durban II
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- November 28, 2008
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Simon Wiesenthal Center issued the following news release:
Canada was one of eleven countries who voted against a UN Resolution which called for "adequate additional resources" for further support of the Durban II hate conference. The Third Committee of the General Assembly requested these funds in order to "discharge its mandate fully".
Of the 176 member nations who voted, thirty-five abstained and sadly, one hundred and thirty voted in favour of the resolution.
"The Canadian government is to be commended for its resolute stance for truth and justice", said Avi Benlolo, President and CEO of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies.
"While the Resolution passed in favour of ...