{"id":183124,"date":"2005-07-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=183124"},"modified":"2019-03-11T21:29:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:29:41","slug":"auto-insert-183124","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-183124\/","title":{"rendered":"Mideast situation – CHR Sub-Comm. – NGO statement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Written statement* submitted by United Nations Watch,<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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  The Secretary-General has received the following written statement which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996\/31. <\/p><\/div>\n

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* This written statement is issued, unedited, in the language(s) received from the submitting non-governmental organization(s). <\/p><\/div>\n

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“The United Nations emerged from the ashes of the Holocaust,” said UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, speaking at a UN seminar in June 2004. “And a human rights agenda that fails to address anti-Semitism denies its own history.” The Secretary-General emphasized that “the human rights machinery of the United Nations has been mobilized in the battle against anti-Semitism, and this must continue.” <\/p><\/div>\n

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  In order to facilitate the work of the UN human rights machinery in fighting anti-Semitism, United Nations Watch submits the <\/span>Working Definition of Antisemitism of the European Union’s Monitoring<\/strong><\/span> Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC).<\/span> <\/span>1<\/u><\/sup><\/strong><\/a> <\/span>The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was involved in the consultations for preparing this definition. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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  Following the recent Cordoba Declaration, issued at the OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism and Other Forms of Intolerance, UN Watch urges all relevant bodies of the UN system—including the Commission on Human Rights, the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Human Rights Committee, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (in particular, the Anti-Discrimination Unit), and the relevant Special Rapporteurs—to implement Secretary-General Annan’s call for action against anti-Semitism. <\/span>2<\/u><\/sup><\/strong><\/a> <\/sup><\/strong><\/span>The EUMC Working Definition provided below ought to be one useful tool in this effort. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Working Definition of Antisemitism <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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The purpose of this document is to provide a practical guide for identifying incidents, collecting data, and supporting the implementation and enforcement of legislation dealing with antisemitism. <\/p><\/div>\n

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Working definition: Working definition: “Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and\/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.” <\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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In addition, such manifestations could also target the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity. Antisemitism frequently charges Jews with conspiring to harm humanity, and it is often used to blame Jews for “why things go wrong.” It is expressed in speech, writing, visual forms and action, and employs sinister stereotypes and negative character traits. <\/p><\/div>\n

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Contemporary examples of antisemitism in public life, the media, schools, the workplace, and in the religious sphere could, taking into account the overall context, include, but are not limited to: <\/p><\/div>\n

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