Translation of "conférence d'examen de durban " (French → English) :

BTWC Review Conference | Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention | Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention | Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction

17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | Durban Climate Change Conference | United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa, COP 17/CMP 7 | COP 17/CMP 7 [Abbr.]

Non-Proliferation Treaty Review and Extension Conference [ NPT Review and Extension Conference ]

Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference [ NPT Review Conference ]

CSCE Review Conference [ Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe Review Conference ]

review conference

Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons

The two other issues some board members seem to be obsessed with are Rights and Democracy's European office in Geneva and the Durban Review Conference on racism, also known as Durban II. In their minds the two were intertwined.

In particular, was it being spent on the Durban review conference on racism held in Geneva which Canada had decided to boycott?

30. Notes that the Durban Review Conference is planned to take place in Geneva from 20 to 24 April 2009 as a follow-up to the World Conference Against Racism; welcomes the substantive sessions of the UNHRC acting as the preparatory committee for the Durban Review Conference, which took place from 21 April to 2 May 2008 and from 6 to 17 October 2008; urges that the focus of the conference should be on implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, identification of best practices and possible further measures for b ...[+++]etter implementation; notes that the European Union is urging that the process be fair, transparent and consensual, and its call for the broad participation of civil society;

31. Welcomes the consensus reached in the Durban Review Conference on an outcome document on 21 April 2009 as a follow-up to the World Conference Against Racism, which inter alia fully protects the right to freedom of expression as defined under international law, affirms and strengthens the call for the protection of migrants' rights, and acknowledges multiple and aggravated forms of discrimination; condemns the speech of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which contradicted the spirit and purpose of the conference, namely to defeat the scourge of racism; welcomes the substantive sessions of the UNHRC acting as the preparatory committe ...[+++]e for the Durban Review Conference, which took place from 21 April to 2 May 2008 and from 6 to 17 October 2008;