The Wire

Should Australia boycott the next international anti-racism summit?The 2009 meeting planned for Geneva has been criticised by several nations, following controversy at the 2001 summit in South Africa.That event was tainted by anti-semantic violence alongside the call from some Arab and Islamic delegates asking for Israel to be condemned as a racist state.As a result the Canadian government is boycotting next years meeting.The Rudd government is yet to announce its position on taking part. Jeremy Jones from the executive council of Australian Jewry, attended the last summit and says the event was flawed and in need of improvement.