Posted on Sustainabilitank.info on October 3rd, 2008
by Pincas Jawetz (PJ@SustainabiliTank.com)
For Immediate Release:
October 3, 2008
Contact: Anne Bayefsky
(917) 488-1558
info at EYEontheUN.org
“Equality” at the United Nations
under the management of
the Organization of the Islamic Conference
October 8-9, 2008: The only two substantive planning sessions for the UN’s so-called “anti-racism” conference - known as Durban II - were deliberately planned over major Jewish holidays, including the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur.
September 30, 2008: By contrast, in order to observe the Eid holiday to mark the end of Ramadan, the United Nations shut down totally in both New York and in Geneva.
The real double-standards:
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| Jewish Holiday | Dates in 2008 |
No work permitted on April 20-21, 26-27. |
Nightfall of April 20 through nightfall of April 27. |
No work is permitted. |
Sunset of October 8 through nightfall of October 9. |
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The Kyoto Mechanisms: Key to combating climate change?
The International Institute for Sustainable Development and The Earth Institute at Columbia University invite Climate-L readers to attend an important high-level discussion between Yvo de Boer and Jeffery Sachs on the role of the Kyoto Mechanisms in combating climate change in New York, Thursday, October 9, 2008 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Seating is limited and will be reserved on a first come first served basis. If you would like to attend this event, please register online at www.earth.columbia.edu/calendar. If you are unable to attend, the discussion will be webcast at http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/1775.
Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will discuss whether a carbon market or carbon taxes are the best way to cut greenhouse gas emissions—a critical question for governments working to establish a framework to address climate change amid a global financial crisis and market uncertainty.
IISD Climate Change and Energy Director John Drexhage is the moderator of the event, designed to focus attention on a critical core element of the global climate change negotiations in the lead up to Copenhagen in December 2009.
Other discussants are Geneva-based International Emissions Trading Association President and CEO Henry Derwent and Columbia University Ewing-Worzel Professor of Geophysics Klaus S. Lackner.
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008
Time: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. EST
Location: 555 Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University
2920 Broadway, New York, NY (between 114th and 115th Streets)
Map: http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/
Seating is limited. Register online at www.earth.columbia.edu/calendar
This event will be webcast at http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/1775. Links to the webcast will also be available at www.iisd.org and www.unfccc.int
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