Ahmadinejad Expected To Address The UN

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Source: Jerusalem Post

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to speak at the 62nd UN General Assembly meetings which begin this week in New York - but not without protest.

An official demonstration organized by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the Jewish Communities Relations Council of New York in cooperation with the United Jewish Communities, the UJA-Federation of New York and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs will take place across the street from UN headquarters next Monday, a day after Ahmadinejad is expecteda to arrive here.

"We believe the rally is particularly significant this year, because of Ahmadinejad's continued escalation of rhetoric against Israel and Jews," said Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents. Hoenlein pointed to Ahmadinejad's statement in early September that Iran was operating over 3,000 centrifuges and that "every week a new system is installed."

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This will be the Iranian president's third appearance in the United States since he was elected in 2005. Ahmadinejad, whose visa restricts him to within a 40-kilometer radius of the UN, has made requests to meet with other heads of state and with Iranians living in the US, but nothing has been confirmed as yet.

Following his visit to the UN, Ahmadinejad is expected to head to Venezuela for a meeting with President Hugo Chavez.


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