Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress and Alan Solow, Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, announced in a statement Tuesday that representatives of their organizations have been meeting with ambassadors to the United Nations from Europe and elsewhere in an effort to jointly advocate a policy of non-participation in the upcoming Durban Conference.

"The meetings voice the concerns of the American and world Jewish communities regarding the troubling aspects of the Durban Conference," said Rabbi Marc Schneier, Chairman of World Jewish Congress. "These efforts have provided the representatives of France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, and Norway, among others, with the opportunity to hear our concerns about the conference’s content and direction, as well as our views about the way the UN Human Rights Council has continued to target Israel, following in the path of the discredited UN Human Rights Commission."