Deborah Esther Lipstadt is an American historian and diplomat,best known as author of the books Denying the Holocaust (1993),History on Trial:My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier (2005),The Eichmann Trial (2011),and Antisemitism:Here and Now (2019). She has served as the United States Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism since May 3,2022. Since 1993 she has been the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta,Georgia,US.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan is a UN Special Political Mission tasked with assisting the people of Afghanistan.
The International Holocaust Remembrance Day,or the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust,is an international memorial day on 27 January that commemorates the victims of the Holocaust,which resulted in the genocide of one third of the Jewish people,along with countless members of other minorities by Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945,an attempt to implement its "final solution" to the Jewish question. 27 January was chosen to commemorate the date when the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by the Red Army in 1945.
A special representative of the Secretary-General is a highly respected expert who has been appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to represent them in meetings with heads of state on critical human rights issues. The representatives can carry out country visits to investigate alleged violations of human rights and act as negotiators on behalf of the United Nations.
Canada and Israel share bilateral diplomatic,commercial,and cultural ties. Canada recognised Israel on 11 May 1949,three days before the first anniversary of the Israeli Declaration of Independence,and currently maintains an embassy in Tel Aviv;Israel maintains an embassy in Ottawa,at 50 O'Connor Street,and regional consulates in Montreal and Toronto.
Kai Aage Eide is a Norwegian diplomat and writer. He was appointed the United Nations Special Representative to Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on 7 March 2008,a position he held until March 2010 when Staffan de Mistura took over.
Afghanistan and Canada established diplomatic relations in 1968. In 2003,Canada opened its embassy in Kabul and appointed its first resident ambassador. Afghanistan appointed its first resident ambassador to Canada in 2002. In August 2021,Canada closed its embassy in Kabul with the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan. Since the 2021 Taliban coup,the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan's embassy in Ottawa continues to be served by diplomats representing the former government;in addition,the Afghan embassy in Canada has been accredited to provide diplomatic services to the United States,following the closure of the country's Washington,D.C. embassy.
Jean Arnault is a French diplomat who currently serves as United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres' Personal Envoy on Afghanistan and Regional Issues.
Israel–Poland relations comprise diplomatic relations between Israel and Poland. Israel has an embassy in Warsaw,while Poland has an embassy in Tel Aviv. The Polish ambassador to Israel is Marek Magierowski,while the newly appointed Israeli ambassador to Poland is Yacov Livne,and the charge d'affaires is Tal Ben-Ari Yaalon. Both countries are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,the Union for the Mediterranean and United Nations.
Antisemitism in Canada is the manifestation of hatred,hostility,harm,prejudice or discrimination against the Canadian Jewish people or Judaism as a religious,ethnic or racial group. Some of the first Jewish settlers in Canada arrived in Montreal in the 1760s,among them was Aaron Hart who is considered the father of Canadian Jewry. His son Ezekiel Hart experience one of the first well documented cases of antisemitism in Canada. Hart was repeatedly stopped from taking his seat in the Quebec legislature due to his Jewish faith,as members claimed he could not take the oath of office,which included the phrase "on the true faith of a Christian".
The Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism is an office of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security,Democracy,and Human Rights at the United States Department of State. The office "advances U.S. foreign policy on antisemitism" by developing and implementing policies and projects to support efforts to combat antisemitism.
Hannah Rosenthal is an American Democratic Party political official and Jewish non-profit executive who served as the U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism from 2009 until 2012 during the Obama administration.
Tadamichi Yamamoto is a diplomat,who served as UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) until replaced by Deborah Lyons in March 2020.
The working definition of antisemitism,also called the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism or IHRA definition,is a non-legally binding statement on what antisemitism is,that reads:"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." It was first published by European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) in 2005 and then by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) in 2016. Accompanying the working definition,but of disputed status,are 11 illustrative examples whose purpose is described as guiding the IHRA in its work,seven of which relate to criticism of Israel.
Comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany occur frequently in the political discourse of anti-Zionism. Given the legacy of the Holocaust,the nature of these comparisons,and particularly whether they constitute antisemitism,is a matter of ongoing debate.
The Taliban has ruled Afghanistan as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since taking control by force in 2021,overthrowing the internationally recognized Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The takeover was widely criticized by the international community,and no countries have extended de jure diplomatic recognition to the new regime,despite nominally maintaining relations with Afghanistan. The Taliban has campaigned for international recognition since the takeover. Several countries have vowed never to recognize the Islamic Emirate,and others have said they will do so only if human rights in the country are respected. Some countries have accredited Taliban diplomats at the chargéd'affaires level despite not recognizing the Islamic Emirate. In September 2023,the People's Republic of China became the first country to formally name a new ambassador to the country since the takeover,and in January 2024 recognized the Taliban's envoy to China;however,the PRC still does not formally recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. The United Arab Emirates also accepted a Taliban appointed diplomat as Afghanistan's new ambassador in August 2024.
Francesca P. Albanese is an Italian international lawyer and academic. On 1 May 2022,she was appointed United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories for a three-year term. She is the first woman to hold the position.
Global Antisemitism Review Act,officially the Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004 is a U.S. law passed in 2004 that established the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism.
