Tag Archives: United Nations

B’nai B’rith Condemns Aalst’s Decision to Renounce Place on UNESCO Heritage Of Humanity List so the Carnival Can Continue Hosting Anti-Semitic Carnival Floats

​(Washington, D.C., Dec. 2, 2019)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Outraged by Renewal of UNRWA Mandate

(Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2019)— B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Calls for UNESCO to Remove Anti-Semitic Belgian Parade From Heritage List

(Washington, D.C., Oct. 23, 2019)–The annual Aalst carnival parade in Belgium, which has a history of anti-Semitic displays, has once again plunged into anti-Semitism. Organizers of the parade are planning to give out ribbons to all participants featuring gross caricatures of Orthodox Jews with hooked red noses and gold teeth. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Podcast: Director of U.N. And Intercommunal Affairs David Michaels on Standing Up for Israel at the U.N. General Assembly

(Washington, D.C., Oct. 7, 2019)–On the latest episode of the B’nai B’rith podcast, CEO Daniel. S. Mariaschin talks with B’nai B’rith Director of United Nations and Intercommunal Affairs David Michaels about B’nai B’rith’s work to hold the U.N. accountable to its own founding values and aspirations, during the opening of the 74th U.N. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Meets With World Leaders at U.N. General Assembly

​Presses On Priorities Including Iran’s Global Terror and the Rise of Anti-Semitism (Washington, D.C., Sept. 26, 2019)–B’nai B’rith International leaders met with numerous heads of state and other top government officials on the sidelines of the opening of the 74th United Nations General Assembly session in New York this week. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Set to Meet With World Leaders at U.N. General Assembly

(Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2019)–B’nai B’rith International will meet with numerous world leaders during the course of next week, on the sidelines of the opening of the 74th United Nations General Assembly session. B’nai B’rith President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Condemns Anti-Israel Statements From U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights

(Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 2019)—B’nai B’rith International President Charles O. Kaufman and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin have issued the following statement:   As an accredited nongovernmental organization at the United Nations, we deplore U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s biased statements today before the U.N. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Delegation Has Private Meeting With United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

(Washington, D.C., Sept. 6, 2019)–A small group of B’nai B’rith International leaders met privately with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. In the meeting at U.N. Headquarters, which took place in advance of the arrival in New York of international leaders for the opening of the U.N. Read more » »

BBLBIA Attend UN Human Rights Council

21/04/2019| Advocacy, BB London Bureau of International Affairs, BBLBIA, BBLBIA News, United Nations| Report by Jeremy Havardi In March BBLBIA Director, Jeremy Havardi, conducted three days of lobbying with senior international diplomats at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Read more » »