Durban 2001 NGO Forum
The Durban 2001 NGO Forum
A NGO Conference was held in Durban in 2001 concurrently with WCAR. The NGO Forum produced a NGO Forum Declaration and Programme of Action but the Secretary General of the WCAR, Mary Robinson took the unprecedented step of declining to commend the NGO document to the governments.
Due to the racism at the WCAR NGO Forum the UN has declined to facilitate an NGO Conference to run concurrently with the Durban Review Conference. Accredited NGOs (which includes all NGOs who participated in fiasco in 2001) will have a consultative role in the 2009 government forum.
Articles on the Durban 2001 NGO Forum
Please note that articles on the government part of the conference, including the walkout by the USA and Israel are listed seperately.
- NGO Declaration, From the NGO Forum at Durban 2001
An annotated version of the NGO declaration highlighting points a signfiicant number of NGOs found "unacceptable concepts and language" as well as "positive aspects that emerged". - Joint Statement by Eastern and Central Europe NGO Caucus, from the NGO Forum at Durban 2001
This statement was released following the "addoption" of the NGO Statement in a process considered deeply flawed by many NGOs. - Jeremy Jones, Durban Daze - When antisemitism becomes 'anti-racism', The Review, October 2001
- Tom Lantos, The Durban Debacle: An Insider's View of the World Racism Conference at Durban
This is a PDF from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, vol. 26.1, Winter/Spring 2002 [External source] - Mirek Prokes, WCAR NGO Forum - Analysis from the Organisational Point of View, UNITED for Intercultural Action, 22nd September 2001
A report from UNITED for Intercultural Action on the Procedures, Manipulations, Prejudices and Misunderstandings of the NGO Forum [External link]
Websites on the Durban 2001 NGO Forum
- NGO Forum at Durban Conference 2001
A collection of articles and analysis on the NGO Forum provided by NGO Monitor. - I CARE: WCAR Documents
A collection of resources from the forum itself including draft documents, statements and meeting minutes. Provided by the Magenta Foundation. - NGO Forum Invitation
From the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, stressing the UN's endorsement of the NGO involvement in the Conference and the expectation that their outcome document would influence the government document - NGO FORUM Declaration and Programme of Action
A copy of the main outcome document from the NGO forum. Or see our annotated version.
