Source: Yahoo! News
Wire Service: AP
On August 20, 2004 the Associated Press reported, "resident Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a petition Friday condemning anti-Semitism and its resurgence and calling for the U.N. General Assembly to adopt a resolution denouncing anti-Jewish acts. The petition was signed in Brazil's capital, Brasilia, during Silva's meeting with Israel Singer, the chairman of the World Jewish Congress. The New York-based organization is campaigning to get world leaders to sign the petition and support a resolution condemning anti-Semitism at its general assembly next month. 'It was the first time ever that a Brazilian president signed an official declaration condemning anti-Semitism,' Rabbi Henry Sobel of Sao Paulo's Jewish Congregation said by telephone. Sobel was part of the 13-member delegation accompanying Singer."