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President MANDELL I. GANCHROW, M.D. December 31, 1996 Chairman, Board ol Directors MARCEL WEBER Chairman, Board of Governors DR. MARCOS KATZ The Honorable Kofi Annan Vice Chairman, Board of Directors United Nations Secretary General 2 I 1997 MORRY WEISS United Nations Secretariat Vice Chairman, Board of Governors JAY L. SCHOTTENSTEIN New York, NY 10017 Honorary Presidents SHELDON RUDOFF Immediate Past President PROF. SHIMON KWESTEL JULIUS BERMAN Dear Mr. Annan: HAROLD M. JACOBS JOSEPH KARASICK MOSES I. FEUERSTEIN On behalf of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the largest Honorary Chairmen of the Board SAMUEL L. BRENNGLASS mainstream Orthodox Jewish Organization in North America with a membership IRVING I. STONE of close to one-thousand synagogues, we want to congratulate you on your recent Honorary Vice Presidents DR. BERNARD LANDER appointment as United Nations Secretary General. We know that with your long MARCUS ROSENBERG DONALD B. BUTLER record of dedicated service to the international community and the United Nations JACK M. NAGEL BERNARD W. LEVMORE you will serve with much honor and distinction in this new post. MARVIN J. HERSKOWITZ GEORGE B. FALK ELLIOTT STAVSKY SANFORD DEUTSCH As an organization with NGO representative status in the United Nations, we hope PHILIP FUCHS to establish a close working relationship with you on many issues important to us Senior Vice Presidents FRED EHRMAN and to the international community in the safeguard of many human rights DAVID FUND JOEL SCHREIBER concerns. Of particular interest to us are issues such as the battle against racism and MARTIN NACHIMSON anti-Semitism, and, as an organization with a long record of staunch support for HARVEY BLITZ JERRY GONTOWNIK Israel, the developments in the Middle East, amongst other humanitarian issues. HOWARD I. RHINE Wee Presidents MICHAEL C. WIMPFHEIMER We want again to congratulate you and hope to meet and greet you very soon in DR. DAVID LUCHINS LARRY BROWN New York City. We wish you much success in your future endeavors. GERALD E. FELDHAMEH CARMI SCHWARTZ ELLIOT GIBBER MARK I. BANE Sincerely, / ALLEN FAGIN HOWARD Tzvi FRIEDMAN MORTON LANDOWNE PROF. RICHARD B. STONE DONALD PRESS Treasurer ^\QJ^ AVI BLUMENFELD MandellTTGanchrow, MD Marcos Katz Betty E&renberg 0 Financial Secretary President Chairman, Board of Directors Director, AVERY E. NEUMARK NGO Representative International Affairs Secretary ZEV S. BERMAN National Associate Vice Presidents HENHY ROTHMAN DR. WILLIAM SCHWARTZ EMANUEL ADLER STEPHEN J. SAVITSKY GARY TORGOW • RABBI RAPHAEL B. BUTLER Executive Vice President RABBI PINCHAS STOLPER Sen/or Executive SHELDON FLIEGELMAN Director of Development Vice Presidents lor Regions ALAN MILLER AVRAHAM KOWALSKY TERRY NOVETSKY STEVEN ROSENBERG Long Island Atlantic Seaboard New Jersey Southwest FRANKLYN SNITOW DAVID WOOLF LARRY RUSSAK SOL TEICHMAN Canada Metropolitan New York Northwest West Coast Louis MALCHMACHER DR. Dov ZEFFHEN DR. STANLEY FROHLINGEH Central East Midwest South RICKEY ROTHNER JOSEPH MACY Chicago New England

Board of Directors S. DANIEL ABRAHAM YITZCHAK FUND YAACOV LEWIS MAX RUDOLER STEVEN ADELSBERG MURRAY L. GELLER BARNET LIBERMAN MARK RUTTENBEHG MURRAY ALON ELI GENAUER SEN. JOSEPH LIEBERMAN LEE C. SAMSON JOSEPH ALPEHT EUGEN GLUCK RABBI JOSEPH D. LIFSCHUTZ RABBI HERSHEL SCHACHTER HYMAN AHBESFELD ERNIE GOLDBERGER ELLEN LIGHTMAN RABBI JACOB J. SCHACTER TERHENCE H. AUGENBRAUN ANNE GONTOWNIK DR. NOAH LIGHTMAN NORMAN SCHMUTTER STEVEN BALASIANO NAHUM GORDON RABBI SIMCHA G. LYONS CHARLOTTE R. SCHNEIERSON FHEDEHIC BAUMGARTEN RAYMOND L. GOTTLIEB MOSES MARX RABBI FABIAN SCHONFELD JACK A. BELZ JEFFREY GREENBERS MATTHEW J. MARYLES GERALDINE SCHOTTENSTEIN HOFFMAN JACK C. BENDHEIM DR. BRUCE GREENFIELD AVHOHOM MELOHN DR. SAUL N. SCHREIBER DR. RONALD E. BERBER ANDREW GHOVEMAN JOHNY MELOHN RABBI MAX N. SCHREIER SOLOMON I. BERGER RABBI JOSEPH A. GRUNBLATT LEON MELOHN FRED SCHWARTZ RABBI ARI BERGMANN STEWART HARRIS KENNETH S. MICHAEL PHILIP SCHWEBEL HERBERT BERMAN MARK HASTEN GARY MILLER BARRY SEPTIMUS JACOB BERMAN ALLEN HELPER MRS. JOSEPH K. MILLER IRWIN SHAPIRO SAUL BERNSTEIN BENJAMIN HELLER YALE MILLER DR. LEONARD Z. SHAPIRO MARVIN BIENENFELD MARK HESS MARC MOLLER MITCHELL SHAPIRO SHELDON BORGEN DR. ELIAS HIRSCHMANN RABBI HERMAN NEUBERGEH MORDY SOHM NATHAN BRAUN LESLIE HIRTZ DAVID NOVAK DR. NORMAN SOHN STEVEN BRIZEL MALCOLM HOENLEIN JEFFREY R. PARKER ABRAHAM SPETNER DANIEL BUTLER RABBI EMANUEL HOLZEH RABBI RALPH PELCOVITZ STEVEN SPIHA DAVID J. BUTLER DR. ALBERT HORNBLASS JAY POMERENZE NORMAN STARK RABBI YALE BUTLER JUDGE JEROME HORNBLASS TANCHUM PORTNOY JOSEPH STECHLER DANIEL CHILL ALEX HOHNSTEIN RABBI JACK RAJCHENBACH DR. MARIAN STOLTZ LOIKE HARON DAHAN Dn. DAVID HUHWITZ WILLIAM RAPFOGEL FRANK STORCH SHELDON DAVID MARVIN JACOB DENNIS RAPPS MOSHAEL STRAUS PAUL DAVIDMAN GUSTAVE JACOBS ARON RASKAS SAM SUTTON ABRAHAM J. DERE MICHAEL A. JOSEPH MARC L. RATZERSDORFER RABBI BARUCH TAUB LAWRENCE DIENER WALTER KAHN MENNO RATZKER AARON TAUBER SOPHIE EBEHT DR. IRWIN E. KANAREK DR. MARCEL REISCHEH RABBI SOLOMON TRAU LEON EISENBERG GABRIEL KASZOVITZ IRA L. RENNERT RUDY S. TREITEL RICHARD EISENBERG MORDECAI D. KATZ RABBI AL RIEDER WELDON TURNER SAMUEL M. EISENSTAT LYDIA KESS MARK RABBI HARRY RIEDER DR. NATHAN H. WADLER MORRIS ELLMAN LEONARD A. KESTENBAUM RALPH RIEDER DR. CHAIM WASSERMAN NEIL ELLMAN AARON C. KINDERLEHRER MARC ROHATINER ELI WEBER MARTIN J. EPSTEIN LAWRENCE A. KOBRIN MARTIN ROMEROVSKI DAVID S. WEIL BERNARD FALK HERMAN KOENIGSBERG STEPHEN ROSEDALE LEON S. WELL ELLIOT FALK DR. IRA KUKIN PHILIP ROSEN MICHAEL WEISZ ARTHUR S. FEIN JONAH KUPIETZKY WERNER ROSENBAUM LEON WILDES ISIDORE FELDMAN LANCE LAIFER STANLEY ROSENBERG ZEV WOLFSON EMIL FISH SHALOM LAMM JUDAH ROSENSWEIG HARVEY WOLINETZ JACK FORGASH URI LANDESMAN JULIUS ROSENZWEIG DR. ABRAHAM FREILICH MURRAY J. LAULICHT RABBI LEVI Y. ROTHMAN ABRAHAM H. FRUCHTHANDLER GERALD F. LEHMAN RALPH F. ROTHSCHILD

Board of Govenors RABBI MARC D. ANGEL JOEL FINKLE ZAVE KUBERSKY KURT ROTHSCHILD ROLAND E. ARNALL DONALD FLAMM DR. SEYMOUR LACHMAN JUDGE HOWARD RUDITZKY DR. HENRY AZRIKAN FRED FRENKEL DR. FRANKLYN LAIFER JOSEPH I. RUSSAK BJORN BAMBERGER BARBARA FRIEDMAN DR. NORMAN LAMM JAN SCHACTER SHAEL BELLOWS FRED FRIEDMAN ELIEZER LANGER MICHAEL SCHARF PHILIP BELZ DR. IRA H. FRIEDMAN HON. HOWARD LASHER SOLOMON T. SCHARF MARC BELZBERG PAUL W. GARFINKEL HERMAN S. LECHT ELI SCHLOSSBERB CHARLES BENDHEIM PAUL GLASSEH RABBI PESACH Z. LEVOVITZ RABBI ARTHUR SCHNEIEH RABBI HERSCHEL BEHGER RABBI SIDNEY J. GLENNER NATHAN LEWIN DAVID SCHREIBER TOBIAS BERMAN MRS. ISRAEL GOLDBERG HERBERT LIECHTUNG SHEILA SCHWEBEL RABBI Louis BERNSTEIN WILLIAM GOLDBERG IRA A. LIPMAN HERBERT SEIF SIEGFRIED BESSLER RABBI JACOB Z. GOLDSTEIN AUDREY LOOKSTEIN JOSEPH SHAW RABBI HERSHEL BILLET SHELLEY S. GOREN RABBI HASKEL LOOKSTEIN RABBI MORRIS A. SHMIDMAN DR. RIVKAH BLAU MORRIS L. GREEN DR. EDITH H. LUCHINS DR. ISRAEL SINGER RABBI J. DAVID BLEICH PERRY GREEN DR. SAM LUPIN HEINZ SONDHEIM DR. JUDITH BLEICH RABBI RONALD GREENWALD CANTOR JOSEPH MALOVANY SHIMON SONTAG ENID B. BOXER KENNETH GRIBETZ RABBI BENJAMIN MANDEL RABBI DAVID STAVSKY JACK BRACH HILLEL GROSS HERMANN MERKIN GEORGE STIEFEL RUCHI BRANDER SHERMAN L. GROSS RABBI ISRAEL MILLER DR. PAUL C. STORCH JUDGE HERMAN CAHN RABBI RAFAEL G. GROSSMAN RABBI MICHAEL MILLER HARVEY TANNENBAUM LAWRENCE CHERNIAK RABBI KENNETH N. HAIN BURTON D. MORRIS DANIEL A. TARAGIN RABBI DAVID COHEN RABBI DAVID S. HALPERN MORRIS NACHTOMI DEBORAH TURK RABBI J. SIMCHA COHEN MUNI HAMMER DAVID NAGEL RABBI ABRAHAM TWERSKY RABBI SAMUEL I. COHEN DR. LEON D. HANKOFF MARTIN J. ORLOFSKY NAHUM TWERSKY GILBERT CUMMINS HART HASTEN JOEL H. PAUL PEARL WADLER DR. ABRAHAM H. DACHMAN TOBIAS HELLER THOMAS W. PEARLMAN RABBI BEREL WEIN CYNTHIA DARRISON RABBI MARVIN HIER DR. SIDNEY A. PEERLESS RABBI ABNER WEISS RABBI EDWARD DAVID DR. JERRY HOCHBAUM ISRAEL (TULY) POLAK THOMAS WEISS MELVIN DAVID SIDNEY INGBER RABBI DALE POLAKOFF WILLIAM WEISS ARTHUR DEGEN HILLEL M. JAFFE RABBI MILTON H. POLIN AHUVA WERNICK JUDY FAGIN DR. SEYMOUR JOTKOWITZ SIDNEY PRESSBERG HENRY WIMPFHEIMER JACK FEIGENBAUM SAUL KAMELHAR OTTO PRETSFELDER GERALD WIND RABBI JUDAH FEINERMAN RABBI JOSEPH KAMINETSKY RABBI SHOLOM REPHUN RABBI JEREMIAH WOHLBEHG SHIMON FELDER CHAIM KAMINETZKY MAX RICHLER MARVIN ZBOHOWSKI RABBI EMANUEL FELDMAN SANFORD KESTENBAUM RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN LEO ZUCKER AARON FEUERSTEIN STANLEY KLEIN RABBI JACOB ROSENBAUM RABBI MOSHE ZWICK RABBI MORDECHAI FEUERSTEIN RABBI DONIEL Z. KRAMER LOTTIE ROSENSON DAVID FINK JUDGE HERBERT KRAMER RABBI SOL ROTH