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c)    World Jewish Congress : http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/

= was founded in Geneva. Switzerland in 1936 as an International federation of Jewish communities and oiganizations. According to its mission stateinent. tlie World Jewish Congress' main pnrpose is to act as "the diplomatic arm of the Jewish people." Membership in the WJC is open to all representative Jewish gronps or communities, irrespective of the social, political or economic ideology of the community's host country. The Worid Jewish Congress is supported by those communities and individual members who as concemed Jewish citizens want their voices to be heard on matterc of concem to the Jewish people. The World Jewish Congress has special credentials and recognition at the United Nations and witłiin many of its institutions, commissions and sub-bodies. Its headquarters are in New York City, USA, and the organization maintains intemational offices in Brussels, Belgium; Jenisalem, Israel; Paris, France; Moscow, Russia; Buenos Aires, Atgentina; and Geneva, Switzerland.

Activities:

-    figlu anti-Semitism in all its forms. Laws against anti-Semitism and otlier forms of racism need to be adopted and enforced properly in every country. All forms and expressions of neo-Nazism, xenophobia and intolerance are unacceptable and have to be condemned, and tlie fuli force of tlie law needs to be applied to those who are a danger to democracy liberty and Jewish communities.

-    On tlie Middle East peace process, the WJC favors a two-state solution

-    The WJC also lobbies intemational oiganizations. notably the UN, to ensune tliat govemments “apply the same standards to Israel when judging its actions compared witli tliose of other countries."

-    active in inter-religious dialogue and good relations witli tlie Catholic Church, considers dialogue witli representatives of moderate Islam

WJC have secured millions of dollars for the victims and survivors of tlie Holocaust in payments from Germany, Swiss banks, lnsurances and other parties totaling $20 billion.

According to the Independent, a series of allegations about the organization's accounting practices and "unusual" money transfers, raised by Isi Liebler, the WJCs senior vice-pnesident, led to a fuli scalę investigation of the hnances of the World Jewish Congress.

Although most of WJCs income comes from thousands of smali donations. the organization is struggling. Another mvestigation against tlie World Jewish Congress is sńll ongoing tliis hme by tlie federal Internal Revenue Service.

d)    European Buddhist Union : http://wwwe-b-u.oigindex.html

„The European Buddhist Union is network of Buddhist Communities and Oiganizations in Europę. As a union it is broad, impartial and open to Buddhists of all schools and traditions. Its principal aims are "to promote the fellowship of and encourage co-operation between the Buddhists in Europę".''

= is an umbrella oiganization of Buddhist communities and oiganizations in Europę founded in 1975. It is open to Buddhist oiganizations of all schools and traditions.

Encouragement of contact and co-operation between the Buddhists in Europę and the development of friendly relations between Buddhist oiganizations are its main object At present tliere are morę than 50 member oiganisations from 16 European countries exchanging information and experience. The Inter-Buddhist dialogue is one of tlie priorities of EBU. The BTE (Buddhist Teachers in Europę) is one of the projects initiated by EBU to promote this dialogue between dharma-teachers active in Europę.

At present its executive board consists of Buddhists from France, Italy, Germany and Belgium. belonging to different schools of Theravada and Mahayana. A council of experienced Buddhists suppoit tlie work of tlie board. The Annual General Meeting (AGM) attracts delegates from a dozen European countries.

The AGM 2004 was held in Jagemdorf, Germany. The AGM 2005 was held at Szczecin, Poland; the AGM 2006 was held in Barcelona. Spain, the AGM 2007 in Cadzand, The Netherlands, the AGM 2008 in Arco (TN), Italy, the AGM 2009 in Bettisfield. Shropshire, U.K.

e)    World Zionist Organization : http://www.wzo.org.il/home/P100.jsp

= was founded as tlie Zionist Oiganization (Hebnew: 7V3l’2n Jimnonn), or ZO, in 1897 at the First Zionist Congress, held from August 29 to August 31 in Basel, Switzerland. It changed its liame to Worid Zionist Oiganization in January 1960.

The ZO served as an umbrella oiganization for tlie Zionist movement, whose objective was the creation of a Jewish homeland in Tlie British Mandate of Palestine. Theodor Herzl, who witli Max Nordau and Zvi Shimshi, organized the first Congress, later wrote in liis diary: "If I were to sum up the Congress in a word -