Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism to Speak at Conference

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Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism to Speak at Conferences and Meet Civil Society Groups in United Kingdom, Lithuania, and Estonia


Media Note
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC

November 15, 2011




Special Envoy for Combating and Monitoring Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal and Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith will address the International Social Innovation and Social Action Faith Conference in London from November 13 -15.
This event aims to bring together Muslim, Jewish and Christian organizations to promote the delivery of social action.
Additionally, Special Envoy Rosenthal and Special Representative Pandith will meet with a diverse group of sports and faith groups, including the London 2012 Olympic Organizing Committee, to promote the 2011 Hours Against Hate Program.
After London, Special Envoy Rosenthal will travel to Vilnius on November 15 to address the International Academic Conference, speaking on Tolerance and Totalitarianism: Challenges for Freedom. The Conference will commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Helsinki Group.
To complete her trip, Special Envoy Rosenthal will travel to Tallinn on November 17, where she will meet with the Estonian Jewish community.


PRN: 2011/1928