OSCE Conference Cordoba, Spain

U.S. Non-Governmental Advisors at the OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism and Other Forms of Intolerance June 8-9, 2005 in Cordoba, Spain

The following non-governmental organization representatives have been named as advisors to the United States delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Conference on Anti-Semitism and Other Forms of Intolerance, June 8-9, in Cordoba, Spain:

• Rabbi Andrew Baker, American Jewish Committee
• Stacy Burdett, Anti-Defamation League
• Michael Cromartie, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
• Betty Ehrenberg, Orthodox Union
• Daniel Mariaschin, B’nai B’rith
• Nina Shea, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
• Lesley Weiss, National Conference on Soviet Jewry

The U.S. delegation is led by New York Governor George E. Pataki. Other U.S. delegates are Jennette Bradley, Ohio Treasurer of State; the Most Reverend Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Denver and Commissionerof the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom; Sander Gerber, Member of the National Board of Directors of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee; Rabbi Marvin Hier, Dean and Founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center; Ambassador Stephan Minikes, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; Kamal Nawash, President of the Free Muslim Coalition against Terrorism; Ambassador Edward O'Donnell, U.S. Special Envoy on Holocaust Issues; and Rabbi David Zwiebel, Executive Vice President of Government Affairs at Agudath Israel of America.

The Cordoba conference will focus on practical steps to combat intolerance, building upon last year's Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Conference on Anti-Semitism in Berlin and the Conference on Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination in Brussels. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe consists of 55 nations, including the nations of Europe and Eurasia, and the United States and Canada.

SOURCE: state.gov 2005/580 Released on June 2, 2005 Media Note Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC June 2, 2005