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December 24, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/22/AR2007122200271.html

U.S. Votes Against UN Budget to Oppose Anti-Israel Conference

[AP/Washington Post] Edith M. Lederer - The UN General Assembly approved a two-year budget on Saturday, with the U.S. casting the only "no" vote because it objected to funding a follow-up to the 2001 World Conference Against Racism, a conference it considered anti-Israel. The U.S. and Israel walked out of the September 2001 conference in Durban, South Africa, because of attacks on the Jewish state. The U.S. provides 22% of the UN's regular budget.

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