The United Nations' top human rights official says there was a "highly organized and widespread campaign of disinformation" to undermine the global body's second racism meeting .
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, says critics who described the meeting as hate-filled used "hyperbole." She declined to identify these critics.
The week-long conference in Geneva, Switzerland, started on a sour note Monday when Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the West of using the Holocaust as a "pretext" to harm the Palestinians. This prompted protests from Jewish groups and a walkout by 23 European countries.
Pillay told reporters Friday that critics of the conference had caused supportive countries such as Germany to drop out at the last minute.