Email from Roger Guillemin about ISIS fatwa on female excision in Mosul and related news article

This letter, dated January 30, 1997, from Jane L. Kratovil of The Eisenhower World Affairs Institute to Elie Wiesel, confirms an alternative date of Tuesday, May 20th, for the 1997 Eisenhower Leadership Prize awards ceremony and dinner. The event is scheduled to be held at the Washington Hilton Hotel. The letter also announces that Lt. General Tom Kelly (Ret.), Vice Chairman of the Wing Group and former Director of Operations (J3) for the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Persian Gulf War, will serve as the 1997 Dinner Chairman. Kratovil states her intention to collaborate with Renee Spitz during the planning process, specifically to gather names and addresses for the mailing of invitations.

This document, appearing to be a proposal or an internal note from Elie Wiesel to Jean-David Levitte, outlines an "International Nobel Prize Colloquium: Whither the 21st Century." The proposed event, tentatively scheduled for May-June 2010, aims to gather approximately fifty Nobel laureates and other influential personalities. The program is designed for two or three days, featuring four commissions dedicated to politics & economy, history & crises, power & ethics, and media & human rights. It also includes two daily plenary sessions and evening concerts with distinguished musicians. The document states that invitations would be extended by the President of the Republic and Elie Wiesel himself, reminiscent of a similar event in 1988. The colloquium is planned to conclude with the publication of a manifesto addressing major challenges facing the current generation. A handwritten note at the bottom, likely from Elie Wiesel, asks "My dear Jean-David... what do we do with it?" or "what do we make of it?".

This document outlines the program for the International Day of Peace Student Observance held on September 17, 2010, at the United Nations in New York, focusing on "Youth, Peace and Development." Organized by the UN Department of Public Information in association with Pathways to Peace, United Religions Initiative, and World Peace Prayer Society, the event included a pre-conference program with musical performances by a Japanese youth choir and a Peace Bell ceremony. The main conference featured introductory remarks by UN Under-Secretary-General Kiyotaka Akasaka and a welcome address by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. Special guests included UN Messengers of Peace Jane Goodall, Elie Wiesel, and Midori, and UN Goodwill Ambassadors Yuna Kim, Goedele Liekens, Anggun, and Catarina Furtado. Students from various locations, including UN peacekeeping missions in Sudan and Liberia, participated via videoconference, presenting on topics like "Voices for Faith in Conflict" and the African Union Initiative's "2010 Year of Peace and Security in Africa." The program also included a flag ceremony, a minute of silence, and a closing performance. It lists numerous participating schools and organizations involved in peace and development initiatives, and details the eight Millennium Development Goals and the objectives of the International Year of Youth (2010).

This email from Roger Fajnzylberg of OSE (Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants) to Elie Wiesel, dated December 1, 2008, expresses the sender's pleasure in organizing events on November 12 and 13. Fajnzylberg mentions upcoming meetings with Raphy, Edmond, and Jean-François, and contact with Josette Kiesermann to coordinate efforts in Marseille. The purpose of the email is to request Elie Wiesel's permission to incorporate themes from his speech on human rights, delivered in Taverny, into OSE's year-end greetings card. They also wish to reproduce a portrait of Wiesel taken during the inauguration of a children's home, as a way to commemorate the significant events of November 12 and 13. Fajnzylberg assures Wiesel that a mock-up would be sent for approval before printing and asks him to convey respects to his wife, Marion. The email also indicates that a photo of Wiesel in Taverny and an excerpt of his Taverny speech are attached.

A brief handwritten note in French, expressing gratitude to unnamed individuals for their presence and support concerning the victims of injustice in Russia. The note starts with 'Tout d'abord, merci d'être venus et remercier ce soir très...' followed by a difficult-to-decipher word, and then clearly states 'en faveur des victimes de l'injustice en Russie'.