UN AGREES ANTI-RACISM PLAN

After months of wrangling, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says agreement has finally been reached on a document setting out the terms for global action against racism and xenophobia. Publication of the document was delayed by a dispute over whether several paragraphs referring to slavery and the slave trade should be included in a programme of action. European nations objected to this proposal, fearing it might expose them to claims for compensation from African nations. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, says the world.