Constitutionalist Pedro Bacelar de Vasconcelos has been appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, João Gomes Cravinho, to act as National Coordinator of the European Strategy to Combat Anti-Semitism and Promote Jewish Life. 7 margins.
“The fight against anti-Semitism is the founder of the fight against prejudice and all forms of discrimination,” he said, referring to his appointment, quoted by the portal.
The European strategy to combat anti-Semitism and promote Jewish life was presented by the European Commission in 2021 “in a context of a worrying increase in anti-Semitism, both in Europe and around the world”.
This strategy “describes a series of measures around three pillars: preventing all forms of anti-Semitism; protecting and promoting Jewish life; and promoting research, education and remembrance of the Holocaust”.
This will not be the first time that Pedro Bacelar de Vasconcelos has held international positions, as he was already the European Union’s Special Envoy for the political transition process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (1997-1998); Vice-President of the Convention on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (1999-2000); Director of Constitutional and Electoral Affairs of the United Nations (UNTAET), in Timor-Leste (2000), National Coordinator of the UN Program – Alliance of Civilizations, chaired by Jorge Sampaio (2007-2011) and President of the Portuguese Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2019-2022).
Source: DN
