Richard Melson

August 2004

One of the various influence-peddling operations of the American Jewish Congress (AJC) concerns mayors around the world, as embodied in the annual Jerusalem Conference of Mayors.

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"35 mayors from over 20 countries will visit Jerusalem and tour Israel this week (May 9-15), 2004, as participants of the 22nd Jerusalem Conference of Mayors. The event, which welcomes one of the largest ever delegations of its kind to Israel, and follows the invitation of Mayor of Jerusalem Uri Lupolianski and the Jerusalem Municipality, is sponsored by the American Jewish Congress - Council for World Jewry, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Tourism and the Konrad Adenauer foundation.

The visiting leaders include Mayors from cities around the world including Stockholm, Milan, Buenos Aires, and Cleveland, Ohio, as well as the past prime minister of Estonia and president of the US Conference of Mayors.

The theme of the conference, "The Role of Mayor in Times of Crisis" is reflected in sessions highlighting disaster preparedness and emergency response, homeland security issues, and will present hi-tech business opportunities for municipality leaders.

"Every mayor who takes part becomes an ambassador of good will for Israel, and several past participants of this event have gone on to become presidents and prime ministers in their respective countries," stated American Jewish Congress Chairman Jack Rosen."

Cristovao Domingos da Cunha ANGOLA

Governor of Malanse

Eduardo Hector Cicchitti ARGENTINA

Mayor of Mendoza

Viktor Shorikov BELARUS

Mayor of Mogilev

Eleonora Nikolaeva Nikolova BULGARIA

Mayor of Rousse mayor@elits.rousse.bg

Beugre Robert Mambe IVORY COAST Deputy Governor of Abidjan

Djoman Beugre IVORY COAST

Mayor of Bingerville

Miroslav Bulicic CROATIA

Mayor of Split

Zlatko Kramaric CROATIA

Mayor of Osijek

Dr. Zurab Tchiaberashvili GEORGIA

Mayor of Tbilisi

Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann GERMANY

Mayor of Hamm

Dietrich Hagemann GERMANY

Mayor of Erfurt

Cesar Antonio Siliezar Portillo GUATEMALA

Mayor of La Antigua

Sergey Dolgopolovs LATVIA

Deputy Mayor of Riga

Carlos Filipe Tembe MOZAMBIQUE

Mayor of Matola

Jerzy Kropiwnicki POLAND

Mayor of Lodz

Theoneste Mutsindashyka RWANDA

Mayor of Kigali

James Garner USA

Mayor of Hempstead, NY vhemp1@aol.com

Sheila Young USA

Mayor of San Leandro, CA mayoryoung@council.ci.san-leandro.ca.us

David G. Wallace USA

Mayor of Sugar Land, TX dwallace@sugarlandtx.gov

Joseph Griffo USA

Executive, Oneida County, NY

Christina Madrid USA

Mayor of Azusa, CA

Jane Campbell USA

Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio MayorsOffice@city.cleveland.oh.us

Charles Tooley USA

Mayor of Billings, Montana ctooley@magicc.com

Rosemarie Ives USA

Mayor of Redmond, Washington mayor@ci.redmond.wa.us

Michael J. Wildes USA

Mayor of Englewood, NJ

Enrique Antia URUGUAY

Mayor of Maldonado

Henry Jose Fuentes Falcon VENEZUELA

Mayor of Barquisimeto

Levy Mkandawire ZAMBIA

Mayor of Lusaka