A senior U.S. government delegation met with U.S. civil society representatives at the United Nations Office at Geneva one day before appearing before the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) to present its 2013 periodic report on the implementation of U.S. obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Press Release: https://geneva.usmission.gov/2014/08/11/u-s-delegation-to-the-committee-on-the-elimination-of-racial-discrimination/ U.S. Mission Geneva Photo/ Eric Bridiers

Israel to be grilled by U.N. racism committee

GENEVA – United Nations experts will grill Israeli officials on Wednesday and Thursday based on charges of racism and discrimination submitted by more than 20 pro-Palestinian lobby groups who will first address the committee tomorrow.
The Jewish state is being reviewed for the first time since 2012 by the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), and has submitted a detailed report.
Israel’s examination by the 18-member UN expert body will take place in Geneva on Wednesday and Thursday mornings this week, December 4-5, 2019.
UN Watch will also take the floor tomorrow during the informal meeting to be held between the Committee and NGOs.

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