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Presentations of the official delegation of  the USA at the Washington Conference, 1998

Delegation
The USA, which hosted the Conference, sent an official delegation to the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets held 30 November-3 December 1998 in Washington DC.
The list of delegation members is available online at http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heacappen.pdf  p. 59.

Delegation Statements

• Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State of the United States of America
  'Keynote Address'
  http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac1.pdf p. 29.
• Under Secretary of State Stuart E. Eizenstat (head of the delegation)
  'Opening Ceremony Remark'
  http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac1.pdf  p. 7.
• Under Secretary of State Stuart E. Eizenstat
  'Opening Remarks'
  http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac1.pdf  p. 39.
• Under Secretary of State Stuart E. Eizenstat 
  'Concluding Statements'
  http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac2.pdf   p.45.
• Under Secretary of State Stuart E. Eizenstat
  'Overview of the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art'
  http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac3.pdf  p.269.
• Under Secretary of State Stuart E. Eizenstat
  'Explanation of the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art'
  http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac3.pdf p.273.
• Under Secretary of State Stuart E. Eizenstat 
  'Art Databases and Archives'
  http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac3.pdf  p.279.
• Under Secretary of State Stuart E. Eizenstat
  'Archival Openness'
  http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac3.pdf  p.287.
• Under Secretary of State Stuart E. Eizenstat
  'Presenter Statement'
  http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac6.pdf  p. 3.
• Dr. Michael Kurtz, Assistant Archivist, National Archives and Records Administration
  'Searching for Truth: The Relationship between National Archives and Independent Commissions'
  http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac7.pdf  p.11.

Washington Principles
All forty-four countries present at the Washington Conference endorsed the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art.

Source
Proceedings of the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets, November 30-December 3 1998, Washington: Government Printing Office 1999.

Also available online at
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/holocaust/heac.html, accessed 25 January 2010.

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