press releases
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EUJS urges the United Nations Human Rights Council to take its responsibility to equality seriously
23 March 2010The European Union of Jewish Students is proud of its speech delivered in the United Nations Human Rights Council, urging all member states to remember their obligations to the foundations and values of the human rights council, and remember its dedication to equality...
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The European Union of Jewish Students Ambassadors meet with United Nations Ambassadors
11 March 2010Over the past two days the European Union of Jewish Students Ambassadors to the United Nations Human Rights Council, have met with permanent representatives from the French, Brazilian, Indian, Israeli, Nigerian and Mexican missions to the United Nations in Geneva...
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EUJS Ambassadors attend Geneva Summit 2010
08 March 2010Some 30 plus European Union of Jewish Student ambassadors from across Europe and America have come together in Geneva to mark the 13th regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council by attending the 2nd annual session of the Geneva Summit for Human Rights, Tolerance and Democracy...
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The European Union of Jewish Students celebrates the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
02 February 2010On January 27th, 2010, The Third international Forum “Let My People Live,” was held under the auspices of the European Jewish Congress (EJC), the World Holocaust Forum and Yad Vashem and...
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The European Union of Jewish Students announces new Chairperson and Presidium for 2010-12
05 January 2010EUJS is pleased to announce that Benjamin Zagzag has now completed his transition and has officially assumed the office as Chairperson of EUJS for 2010-2012.
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EUJS calls day of action
17 December 2009The European Union of Jewish Students called for a day of action, protesting the presence of Dictator Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in Copenhagen on Thursday 17th December 2009.
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Copenhagen Post refuses to publish Iran-critical advert
17 December 2009STOP THE BOMB and the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS), strongly condemn the decision by the Copenhagen Post not to publish an advert denouncing the Iranian regime and its pursuit of a nuclear bomb, continued support of terrorist groups across the Middle East, and ongoing violence against its own people.
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The European Union of Jewish Students condemns decision by Swiss voters to ban Minarets
02 December 2009The European Union of Jewish Students has a long and proud history of standing up against all forms of religious discrimination. In the light of the decision taken by Swiss voters to ban minarets, EUJS feels it cannot remain silent...
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European Union of Jewish Students meets with Venezuelan Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva.
10 February 2009As part of its fifth annual pan-European diplomatic seminar coinciding with the Human Rights Universal Periodic Review, a delegation of the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS) met with His Excellency Mr. German Mundarian Hernandez, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva.
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The European Union of Jewish Students brings a student from Sderot to testify at the UN Human Rights Council
12 January 2009Liraz Madmony, a 23-year old law student from Sderot, Israel, addressed the UN Human Rights Council Special Session on Gaza in Geneva on behalf of the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS) on Monday...