Geneva  - Diplomats believe they have come up with a suitable compromise draft final declaration ahead of next week's controversial racism conference in Geneva, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said Friday.

The conference, known as Durban II, has been plagued with disagreement, with Canada and Israel boycotting the event over fears Muslim nations will focus exclusively on the Jewish state's treatment of Palestinians.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said agreement from all member states had been received, and that all disputed points such as references to the Middle East had been deleted.

Pillay added that he therefore expected the conference, which starts in Geneva on Monday, to adopt the 17-page document.

References to the defamation of relegions - another political hot potato - had also been deleted, Pillay said.

He specifically thanked the Palestinian delegation for allowing a compromise.

The US, Australia, Germany and other western countries had raised objections to previous wordings about Israel in earlier drafts, leaving the run up to the conference in chaos.

A final decision on whether these countries will now attend is likely to be taken at the last-minute, over the weekend.

Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has already stated he will attend. The Iranian president has come under heavy criticism for previously hosting a conference questioning the historical accuracy of the Holocaust. (dpa)