Tuesday, January 29, 2008
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
United StatesTitle
Taking Stock: Combating Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region (Part I)
Official Transcript:
Members:
Name:
Hon. Alcee Hastings
Title Text:
Chairman
Body:
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Statement:
Name:
Hon. Ben Cardin
Title Text:
Co-Chairman, Presiding Commissioner
Body:
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Statement:
Name:
Hon. Chris Smith
Title Text:
Ranking Minority Commissioner
Body:
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Statement:
Witnesses:
Name:
Dr. Gert Weisskirchen
Title:
Personal Representative of the Chairman-in-Office
Body:
OSCE on Combating Anti-Semitism
Statement:
Name:
Dr. Kathrin Meyer
Title:
Advisor on Anti-Semitism Issues
Body:
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE
Statement:
This hearing, over which Commission Co-Chairman Benjamin L. Cardin presided, was the first of a series of Commission hearings that focused on reviewing efforts to monitor and combat anti-Semitic activities throughout the OSCE region. These hearings came out of a successful effort to have a separate conference that dealt with anti-Semitism, which currently exists. The goal of such conferences was education, particularly as it concerned young people, and development of programs to sensitize people to anti-Semitism.
The attendees of this hearing reflected on a lot of the progress that had been achieved regarding anti-Semitism, as well as progress that still remained to be achieved. For example, not all OSCE member states had a Holocaust Day of Remembrance.
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