Anti-Semitism has been a harbinger of discrimination against others.(From the Secretary-General)

From: UN Chronicle | Date: June 1, 2004 | Copyright information

Opening remarks by Kofi Annan at the Seminar on "Confronting anti-Semitism: Education for Tolerance and Understanding" organized by the UN Department of Public Information, 21 June 2004, New York

In holding this series of seminars, the United Nations is true to one of the most sacred purposes of the world's peoples in whose name the Organization was founded: "to practise tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours".

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