UN rights chief who ignored anti-Semitism to address Holocaust Museum

SWITZERLAND-UN-RIGHTIs UN rights chief Zeid the right person to address the Holocaust Museum this week?
Last week he issued a statement on the Holocaust that — unlike the remarks of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon — noticeably refused to mention the word anti-Semitism once, neither in relation to the Nazi genocide, nor in relation to the continuing attacks and incitement against Jews today in Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere.
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Today’s UN press release follows below.

High Commissioner’s visit to the US

High Commissioner Zeid today begins the first official visit by a UN Human Rights Chief to Washington D.C. to meet senior  U.S administration officials and Members of Congress since 2007, when former High Commissioner Louise Arbour made a similar visit.

Zeid, who took up his position as the fifth UN High Commissioner for Human Rights last September, will hold meetings with State Department and other U.S. Government officials, including National Security Adviser Susan Rice, to discuss a wide range of overseas and domestic issues. He will also meet with around eight senior members of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

On Thursday, at 10:00 a.m., Zeid will deliver an address entitled “Can Atrocities be Prevented? Living in the Shadow of the Holocaust” at a public event at the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington.  He will also attend two round-table events with Civil Society organisations.

The visit ends on Friday, February 6, when the High Commissioner will give a Press Conference at 10:00 a.m. at the Georgetown Law Center, located at 600 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC.

UN Watch