General Assembly meeting on the rise of anti-Semitism

New York – January 22, 2015

Following a request by Member States in October 2014, the President convened an informal meeting of the plenary of the General Assembly on 22 January to address concerns of a rise in anti-Semitic violence worldwide.

• Provisional Programme
• Letter to Member States dated November 12

Opening segment

• Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon
• Statement on behalf of the President
• French philosopher and writer, Bernard-Henri Lévy

Panel discussion

• Mr. Wade Henderson, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund G
• Hon. Mr. Theodore E. Deutch, Representative, United States House of Representatives
• Hon. Prof. Irwin Cotler, P.C., O.C., M.P., House of Commons, Canada, Former Minister of Justice & Attorney General of Canada, Emeritus Professor of Law, McGill University
• Ms. Elisa Massimino, President and Chief Executive Officer, Human Rights First
• Prof. Robert S. Wistrich, Director, The Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Links

• Meeting coverage
• Webcast: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
• Paper Smart Statements
• Photos Album
• Video: Let’s create a world where they won’t need to use the word “anti-Semitism”