Zach is a member of the European Union of Jewish Student's delegation sent to the United Nations' 2009 World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Other Intolerance - dubbed Durban II after the 2001 World Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa - which is taking place April 20-25 in Geneva, Switzerland. Zach will be blogging for JPost about the conference as the event unfolds.
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Zach is a member of the European Union of Jewish Student's delegation sent to the United Nations' 2009 World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Other Intolerance - dubbed Durban II after the 2001 World Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa - which is taking place April 20-25 in Geneva, Switzerland. Zach will be blogging for JPost about the conference as the event unfolds.
Zach is a member of the European Union of Jewish Student's delegation sent to the United Nations' 2009 World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Other Intolerance - dubbed Durban II after the 2001 World Conference on Racism in Durban, South Africa - which is taking place April 20-25 in Geneva, Switzerland. Zach will be blogging for JPost about the conference as the event unfolds.
It was a rainy day in New York when I received a frantic phone call from a friend at New York University involved with The European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS): "Don't ask too many questions," he said, "We want you to be one of three American student representatives of EUJS at the UN Durban II Conference in Geneva."