It expresses its appreciation to States that continue to admit and host large numbers of refugees in their territories, and to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for its dedication to its task.

UNESCO: Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

What gave the 2001 meeting a bad name, in the eyes of Israel and its friends, was the parallel NGO forum, whose final declaration was so strongly worded equating Israel's policies in the occupied territories with apartheid that Mary Robinson, then UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, refused to endorse it or to transfer it to the main forum.

ECONOMIST: The UN, Israel and racism