Secretary of State Colin L. Powell Names Members of Congress to U.S. Delegation to Conference on Anti-Semitism Sponsored by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, April 28-29

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell today named the following Members of Congress to serve on the U.S. delegation to the Conference on Anti-Semitism, sponsored by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE):

-- Senator George V. Voinovich (R-OH)
-- Representative Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Vice Chairman of the delegation and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission
-- Representative Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), Ranking House Member, U. S. Helsinki
Commission

In addition, the Secretary appointed Wan Kim, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, to the delegation.

The Secretary earlier appointed former New York City Mayor Ed Koch to head the U.S. delegation to the conference that the Federal Republic of Germany will host in Berlin April 28-29. Other members of the delegation are Betty Ehrenberg, Institute for Public Affairs, Orthodox Union of Jewish Congregations; Stephen Hoffman, President and CEO of United Jewish Communities; Jay Lefkowitz, Washington attorney; Jack Rosen, President of the American Jewish Congress; Fred Zeidman, Chairman of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council; U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Stephan Minikes; Ambassador Edward B. O’Donnell, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, and Tevi Troy, the Executive Office of the President

The OSCE hosted an initial conference on anti-Semitism in Vienna last June. The Berlin conference will build on the results of the Vienna meeting in an effort to identify measures that participating states can take to combat anti-Semitism and promote tolerance.

The OSCE is made up of 55 nations including the United States, Canada and the countries of Europe and Eurasia.

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