“Let us stand firmly against anti-Semitism. We must oppose Islamaphobia and reject discrimination against the Christians. Bias based on religious identity has no place in our world,” he said.
Neither, he said, does discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation.
Recommit
Navi Pillay, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, called for a renewed commitment by member states.
“Let us pledge here and now to revitalize our efforts nationally, regionally and globally to combat the scourges of racism. We can begin by showing leadership here today by underscoring that equality and non-discrimination are fundamental principles of the international community. They give hope to victims,” she said.
Also addressing the U.N. was South African president Jacob Zuma, whose country hosted the 2001 conference on racism.
“Just under a decade before that it would have been inconceivable that a gathering of that nature discussing racism would have taken place in South Africa,” he said.
At the time, apartheid was a very real and recent memory.
“Racism and racial discrimination continue to be a brutal attack on human dignity, an affront to self worth of individuals and has a prolonged and negative impact on its victims,” he said.
Zuma says the world should continue with the same resolve that led to the end of slavery, colonialism and apartheid.
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