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OFFICE OF THE VILLAGE MANAGER LETTER TO COU NO L
NO. 110-2016
To: Mayor Martin Packer and Members of the Village Council
From: Jorge M. Gonzalez, Village Manager y�
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Date: June 3, 2016
Subject: Councilman Groisman Speaks at Ambassadors Against BIDS at the
United Nations in New York
The purpose of this Letter to Council (LTC) is to inform you that Councilman Gabriel Groisman
served as a panelist and participant at the Ambassadors Against Boycott, Divestment and
Sanctions (BDS) International Summit, which took place at the United Nations Headquarters
in New York on May 31, 2016. Councilman Groisman served on a panel focusing on the legal
aspects of BDS.
Among those who also addressed the General Assembly were Danny Danon, Israel's
Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Justice Elyakim Rubinstein, Vice President
of the Israel Supreme Court, Jay Sekulow, Chief Legal Counsel of the American Center for
Law, and Ronald Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress. The complete event
description is attached. More than 2,000 people attended, including students, activists,
dignitaries, legal professionals and representatives of Jewish organizations.
By inviting Councilman Groisman to participate, Bal Harbour Village was recognized for its
leadership in enacting the first local anti-BHS ordinance in the United States and requiring
anti -discrimination language in all of our contracts. This is great recognition for our
community.
Please join me in congratulating Councilman Groisman for leading this effort locally and for
his advocacy nationally.
Attached is some additional information about this event. If you have any questions or need
any additional information, please feel free to contact me.
JMG/DD
Join us for a first -ever international summit at the UN on ways to confront
national boycotts and delegitimization
The BDS movement continues to make strides in its campaign to delegitimize the
State of Israel. The movement is gaining increased support on campuses around
the world as it promotes initiatives on local and national levels calling to divest
and boycott the Jewish state.
Israel's Mission to the United Nations in partnership with the World Jewish
Congress, ACLJ, Keren Hayesod, the Maccabee Task Force Foundation, Israel
Bonds,StandWithUS, B'nai B'rith International, Hillel, CAMERA, ADL, ZOA, MJE,
and the Touro Human Rights Institute, will host an international gathering of
students, organizations and agencies from around the world, to join efforts, form
a unified plan of action and cultivate ambassadors ready to fight the battle
against exclusion and delegitimization of nations and peoples, while promoting
understanding and respect.
This conference will take place on May 31, 2016, and 1,500 students and Jewish
community leaders are invited to attend. It will include an opening plenary
session in the UN General Assembly Hall and a series of professional panels
related to the topic of confronting BDS.
Schedule:
8:30 - Registration
10:00 - Main plenary session at the General Assembly Hall:
• Moderated By Noa Tishby
• H.E. Amb. Danny Danon, Israel's Permanent Representative to the UN
• H.E. Amb. Ronald S. Lauder, President, World Jewish Congress
• Dr. Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel, ACLJ
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