Sec. 702. Sense of Congress; statement of policy
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It is the sense of Congress that— the Durban I, Durban II, and Durban III conferences, and their preparatory and follow-on activities, were subverted by members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and irredeemably distorted into a forum for anti-Israel, anti-Semitic, and anti-freedom activity; by walking out of the Durban I conference, and by not participating in the Durban II conference, and announcing that it would not participate in the Durban III meeting, the United States Government upheld and reaffirmed the fundamental commitment of the United States to combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance; the Governments of Canada, Israel, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, and the Czech Republic should be commended for their decision to not participate or cease participation in the Durban II conference; the Governments of Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, and the United Kingdom should be commended for their decision to not participate in Durban III; and the Administration should expeditiously and unequivocally announce that it will not participate in, support, or legitimize any part of the Durban process.
It shall be the policy of the United States to— lead a high-level diplomatic effort to encourage other responsible countries— not to participate in, support, legitimize, or fund any part of the Durban process, and to withhold from their respective contributions to the regularly assessed biennial budget of the United Nations an amount that is equal to the percentage of such respective contributions that they determine would be or has been allocated by the United Nations for any part of the Durban III meeting or its preparatory or follow-on activities, or for any other part of the Durban process; and lead a high-level diplomatic effort to explore credible, alternative forums for combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance.