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Iranian's president as expected used a U.N. conference on racism to lash out at the U.S. and Israel -- at one point calling the Holocaust a "pretext" for aggression -- but that didn't stop some groups, including the Congressional Black Caucus, from criticizing the U.S. for boycotting the meeting.
Human Rights Watch and the U.S. African Chamber of Commerce were among the other groups that said the United States and other nations that opted not to attend made the wrong move. They said they regard the summit as a legitimate avenue for addressing racism globally.
"This is a missed opportunity, plain and simple," the CBC said in a written statement.
U.S. Groups Criticize Western Nations for Boycotting U.N. Racism Conference - First 100 Days of Presidency - Politics FOXNews.com
Human Rights Watch and the U.S. African Chamber of Commerce were among the other groups that said the United States and other nations that opted not to attend made the wrong move. They said they regard the summit as a legitimate avenue for addressing racism globally.
"This is a missed opportunity, plain and simple," the CBC said in a written statement.
U.S. Groups Criticize Western Nations for Boycotting U.N. Racism Conference - First 100 Days of Presidency - Politics FOXNews.com