Mr. Chair, while we all, of course, condemn unequivocally all forms of xenophobia and hatred, as he did in his speech and I did in mine, would the member agree with me that there is something uniquely durable and uniquely pernicious about anti-Semitism? I ask this because it is a question of debate. The General Assembly of the United Nations decided to hold a special session very pointedly on the problem of anti-Semitism, reflecting what is broadly believed to be the uniquely durable and pernicious nature of that evil.
I recall that the Organization for Security and Co-operation, Europe, through its ODIHR Office of Development, started a process about 15 years ago of a dialogue within the OSCE on anti-Semitism. However, some member states of the OSCE sought to dilute that focus by turning it into a general dialogue about xenophobia.
I, at least, believe that it is important to condemn all forms of xenophobia and to combat them all, but I also believe that it is important for us to recognize the uniquely durable characteristics of anti-Semitism. I wonder if the member shares that view or if he could comment on that.