Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, addresses
delegates during the opening session of the World Conference Against
Racism (WCAR) in the coastal city of Durban August 31, 2001. Some 6,000
delegates gathered for the ceremony which is already deeply mired in
rows ranging from charges of Israeli racism to issues of reparations
for slavery.REUTERS/Juda Ngwenya

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