Are You Ready for the Second World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance?

I had completely forgotten the original farce that took place back in early September 2001, as events that followed shortly thereafter obviously overshadowed the travesty that took place in Durban, South Africa.

Well, a second seethefest is on the horizon.

The U.N. 2001 anti-racism conference in Durban, South Africa, provoked a walkout by the United States and Israel, with both nations saying it had been overtaken by anti-Semitism and some in Congress claiming it had cemented the world body's shame in the eyes of America.

The mandate for a Durban II conference early next year now worries organizers and diplomats at the United Nations, who fear the event will be a reprise.

Canada plans to boycott the event, and the United States and Israel have one foot out the door. Even the 27-nation European Union, which made it through the last conference, said it is worried.

"We did contemplate not participating," said a French diplomat, whose country presides over the European Union the second half of this year.

"But we will go and fight for the agenda and the resolution that will be passed," said the diplomat, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak for attribution.

Concern stems not only from the 2001 event, which concluded days before the Sept. 11 attacks, but also because a Libyan diplomat now chairs the U.N. Human Rights Council, which will play a prominent role in the conference.

Check out the IRNA account. All Zionist, all the time.

The most contentious deliberations by far were among the nongovernmental organizations (NGO), whose delegates met separately from diplomats to hammer out their own declarations.

The NGO document, which was never formally released by the United Nations, declared that Zionism equals racism and condemned Israel for committing a "holocaust" against its Palestinian neighbors.

Now just who is on the esteemed advisory panel?

The advisory panel includes Iran, Pakistan, Libya and Cuba.

No doubt the United States and Israel will get a fair hearing there.

We should have our heads examined if we even consider attending this charade a second time.