American Jewish Committee, the global Jewish advocacy organization, mourns the passing of Kofi Annan, the Ghanaian diplomat and Nobel laureate who served with distinction as Secretary General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.
“Senator McCain was a statesman and a national treasure – and an avid supporter of Israel, an ally he first visited nearly 40 years ago,” said AJC CEO David Harris. “A passionate advocate for American global leadership, Senator McCain rightly bemoaned those who favored a U.S. pullback from world affairs.”
AJC, the global Jewish advocacy organization, is supporting IsraAID relief efforts in Kerala, India following devastating monsoon rains that have displaced more than 1 million people and caused hundreds of deaths.
AJC welcomes the UN report on genocide committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar and urges the UN Security Council to take concrete action to implement the report’s recommendations.
American Jewish Committee (AJC) General Counsel Marc D. Stern issued the following statement after President Trump announced that he is nominating Brett Kavanaugh to serve as a justice on the United States Supreme Court.