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ANNOUNCEMENT
December 17, 2008, Brussels. European Jewish Congress Extraordinary General Assembly
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| European Jewish Congress |
The European Jewish Congress (EJC) is one of the most influential international public associations and a large secular organisation representing more than 2.5 million of Jews throughout Europe. The EJC is an umbrella organisation for 42 national Jewish communities on this continent. The primary mission of the EJC, which is deeply involved in the integration processes in Europe, is to promote European democracy based on good relations between neighbours, mutual understanding and tolerance. The EJC maintains close cooperation with European governments, leading international institutions and European integration associations, including the United Nations, European Union, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. EJC has a participatory status with the Council of Europe.
The EJC’s goal is to address the most pressing issues faced by today’s world, i.e. protecting human rights, fighting xenophobia and anti-Semitism, promoting interfaith dialogue, implementing cultural and educational programmes, and remembering the Holocaust and other tragedies that claimed millions of human lives throughout the world.
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| International Holocaust Forums |
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International Forum "Let My People Live!"
September 27, 2006 
The second “Let My People Live!” World Forum to commemorate 65 years since the Babi Yar tragedy was held in Kiev, Ukraine, in September 2006. It was organised by the Government of Ukraine, the World Holocaust Forum Foundation and Yad Vashem - the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority
Ìore than 1,000 people from sixty countries took part in the forum. Among them were heads of state and government of 46 countries, members of international political, public and religious organisations, including the Council of Europe, European Union, United Nations, World Jewish Congress, European Jewish Congress, European Jewish Fund, American Jewish Congress, as well as prominent politicians, guests of honour, scientists, artists, witnesses to the tragedy, liberators of Kiev and representatives of youth organisations.
International Forum "Let My People Live!"
January 27, 2005 
Every single tragedy in the world is our tragedy – this is the message conveyed to later generations by witnesses of the extermination in KL Auschwitz-Birkenau. Our task is to bear anew the memories of the crimes of the past, in order to enable future generations to prevent similar tragedies.
The European Jewish Congress, represented by the Chairman of the Board of Governors Mr. Moshe Kantor, decided not only to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, but also to ensure that the legacy of the Shoah will be passed to future generations. It was decided to convene this International Forum, where a commitment was made that no event like the Shoah will ever be repeated, and affirmed the importance to teach and learn about xenophobia.
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| European Jewish Fund |
The European Jewish Fund (EJF) was founded in February 2006 on the initiative of Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor who is currently the fund's chairman.
The Fund is structured as two chambers, an Executive Council, or Chamber of Community Leaders, and a Board of Governors, or Chamber of Donors. One of the Fund’s key principles is maintaining a roundtable where all members may speak their minds and participate as equals. The Fund supports community projects, regional and pan-European programmes; it also initiates its own programmes to address issues that concern a specific community or European Jewry as a whole.
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| International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe |
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The International Conference on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe held in Luxembourg on May 24-25, 2007 has been promoted to the status of a permanent forum. The level of its participants made the conference the largest and most authoritative event to address the issue of nuclear non-proliferation in the last decade.
Leading experts from 14 nations attended the conference, including Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Sergey Kirienko, Head of the Russian Federal Agency for Atomic Energy and former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation; Rolf Ekeus, High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and Board Chairman of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute; Nikolay Laverov, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences; William Perry, Member of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC), Professor (Stanford University), former U.S. Secretary of Defense; and Hans Blix,Chairman of the WMDC and former IAEA Director General.
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