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Preparatory Committee for the Durban Review Conference, Geneva from 27 to 31 August 2007
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The Bureau designate has decided to reschedule the first organizationalsession of the Preparatory Committee of the Durban Review Conference to 27- 31August 2007.Introduction The Preparatory Committee for the Durban Review Conference will hold itsfirst organizational session in Geneva from 27 to 31 August 2007 pursuant toGeneral Assembly Resolution 61/149 [English, French, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic…

Universities in New York Condemn British Professors’ Israel Boycott
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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/universities-condemn-professors-israel-boycott/ At least three universities in New York City have become involved in the widening and impassioned debate over last month’s decision by the main British union of college professors to support a boycott of Israel. On May 30, the British academics’ association, the University and College Union, voted to endorse a Palestinian trade union’s…

2nd France-Israeli Conference in Neuroscience
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2nd France-Israeli Conference in NeuroscienceNeuromodulation in High Brain Function –Neuromodulation et Fonctions Cérébrales Supérieures 2 – 4 July 2007 Salle de Conférence du Haut-Carré, Agora des Sciences, Talence, Bordeaux, France Organizing Committee:Thomas Boraud, CNRS, FranceIsrael Nelken, HUJI, IsraelAline Desmedt, Université Bordeaux 1, FranceDavid Hansel, CNRS, FranceBernard Bioulac, Université Bordeaux 2-CNRS, France Co-sponsored by: Centre National…

‘We’re All Israeli Academics’
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An online petition signed by thousands of non-Israeli academics has called on all scholars “of differing religious and political perspectives” to view themselves as Israelis and turn down activities from which Israelis have been excluded. The call came two weeks after Britain’s University and College Union (UCU) voted to pass a resolution calling on its…