Confronting anti-Semitism: education for tolerance and understanding.(United Nations conference on confronting anti-Semitism) From: UN Chronicle | Date: June 1, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 United Nations Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

It was a day of reflection, introspection and education for tolerance at the first United Nations conference on confronting anti-Semitism, part of a series of seminars on "Unlearning Intolerance" organized by the Department of Public Information (DPI) at UN Headquarters. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in his opening statement: "The fight against anti-Semitism must be our fight, and Jews everywhere must feel that the United Nations is their home too."

Explaining that ...