Source: Anti-Defamation League
http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASInt_13/4452_13.htm
On February 18, 2004 the Anti-Defamation League issued a press release that reported, "In response to the continuing surge in anti-Semitism in Europe and around the world, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) will convene an international conference on global anti-Semitism to be held in Rome. The conference was announced today by Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, after he emerged from a series of meetings with Italian government leaders, including Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Foreign Minister Franco Frattini. At a press conference held at Rome's Foreign Press Club, Mr. Foxman announced that ADL will hold an international conference on anti-Semitism in Rome, June 23-24, to be organized in cooperation with the Italian Foreign Ministry and the daily newspaper 'Il Foglio.' The conference will bring together religious leaders, government officials, Nobel Laureates and Jewish community representatives from across Europe and around the world."