OSCE
OSCE conferences on anti-semitism
UPDATE - 23 September 2005:
OSCE
publishes consolidated summary of Cordoba Conference (
pdf, 192 pages, 0.7Mb)
In 2003, a first OSCE conference on anti-Semitism was held in Vienna, followed by a more high-profile gathering in Berlin (Germany) in April 2004. The ground-breaking Berlin Declaration commits member states to strive to ensure that their legal systems foster a safe environment free from anti-Semitic harassment, violence or discrimination in all fields of life and to promote educational programs for combating anti-Semitism. It condemns all manifestations of anti-Semitism ethnic origin or religious belief wherever they occur, and declares unambiguously that developments or political issues in Israel or elsewhere in the Middle East never justify anti-Semitism.
In June 2005, a follow-up conference was held in Cordoba (Spain), at the request of the Spanish government. The Cordoba Declaration reiterates and sharpens the decisions taken in Berlin.
Edgar M. Bronfman, President of the World Jewish Congress, was keynote speaker at the conference and called for accountability in Combatting anti-Semitism. You can read the full text of his speech here.
WJC Governing Board
On the eve of the OSCE
conference the Governing Board
of the WJC also met in Cordòba.
The OSCE maintains a page giving full details of the conference,
which can be accessed here
