Invitation to a Private Reception and Dinner with Elie Wiesel and Marion Wiesel

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).

The document is an email from Radu Ioanid (from the USHMM) to Leslie Meyers, sent on June 18, 2012. The email forwards a message from Randy Herschaft of the Associated Press, which contains an AP news article co-authored by Verena Dobnik and Herschaft. The article reports that Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel is publicly repudiating a high state award he received from Hungary in 2004. Wiesel's action is a protest against the participation of top Hungarian officials, including the parliament speaker Laszlo Kover, in a ceremony honoring Jozsef Nyiro, a wartime parliament member whom Wiesel identifies as a "fascist ideologue." Wiesel, whose parents were deported to their deaths at Auschwitz by wartime Hungarian officials, found the event offensive and wrote a letter to Kover to reject the award.

This document is a proposal from Boston University's Elie Wiesel Center and College of Arts & Sciences seeking to establish and endow a Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Jewish Thought and Literature. The professorship, envisioned as a permanent faculty chair, aims to reinforce Boston University's role as a leader in Jewish studies and to perpetuate the compelling teaching mission of Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel. The proposal highlights Boston University's distinguished history in Jewish studies and its commitment to academic excellence and diversity. It details the four key components of the endowment: a named visiting professorship, a research fund, a lecture fund, and a graduate research assistantship, for which a total endowment of $7 million is sought. The initiative is designed to attract world-class scholars, enrich Jewish studies education and research, and expand the intellectual and cultural impact of the Wiesel Center within the university and the broader community.

A handwritten thank you note from Kari Nobrikawa to Dr. Wiesel. Nobrikawa expresses gratitude for Dr. Wiesel's time and insights shared during Chapman's Senior Presidential Seminar on April 11th. She states that it was an honor to hear his perspective on various concepts and issues that she, as a student, frequently ponders. Specifically, she highlights how Dr. Wiesel's thoughts on morality deeply resonated with her, particularly the concept that "We are not moral beings, but need a moral image." Nobrikawa explains that this idea has already begun to influence her perspective and spark new lines of thought, making the experience one that will stay with her. The note concludes with a heartfelt expression of gratitude.

This document contains the transcript of a speech delivered by former President Bill Clinton at the 2010 Prix Galien USA Awards Dinner in New York, New York, on September 28, 2010. Clinton expresses gratitude for his role as UN Special Envoy for Haiti and acknowledges the success of the Millennium Development Goals. He pays tribute to Elie Wiesel's advocacy, particularly regarding the Holocaust Museum's opening, and discusses the under-recognized fact that Muslims were among the victims of 9/11. Clinton highlights the partnership with Philippe Douste-Blazy on the airline tax, which funds UNITAID, an initiative that has significantly improved access to AIDS and tuberculosis treatment, especially for children, by lowering drug costs and increasing volume. He describes his Foundation's close collaboration with UNITAID and emphasizes the importance of global access to affordable healthcare systems and medicines, citing Pfizer's contribution as an example of successful partnerships aimed at saving lives.