my name is hannah rosenthal. i'm the special envoy on global anti-semitisim and i want to condemn in the strongest words possible all that's going on, that is increasing hatred of muslims. and then when the next session focused on the subject of anti-semitisim, the same thing happened and farah spoke condemning in the strongest words anti-semitisim. the message was strong and at these conferences there are a lot of statements written and spoken. and so what you do something different, it may catch attention and it did, but there also was the message. that in addition to the profound message we were saying, it mattered by having and that by having unusual suspects speaking you have a greater impact. and that's how we've been operating ever since. so what we heard from people at that conference at that point was really powerful. that the united states delegation made such a bold move. for people in government it doesn't seem like a bold move but trust me in government we don't usually see this kind of thing. what c

that's hannah rosenthal. so, we went to a conference in kazakhstan. don't put it on your bucket list. [laughter] >> it was a very long flight. we went to a conference that was put on by the organization for security and cooperation in europe, one of the leading regional groups around the globe. and what's wonderful about the osce is that they have a focus on human dimension. and they actually care about human rights and tolerance. by the way, the word tolerance does not mean we will put up with you. in the diplomatic world, tolerance means mutual respect and acceptance and pluralism. and so please understand, we were at a tolerance conference. and i wrote the official u.s. statements condemning anti-semitism, and farah wrote the official statement condemning islamophobia is how it was worded at the conference. and the night before the conference we decided to swap speeches. and so when the conference begins with the focus on hatred and muslims, i was sitting in the u.s. chair. and when they called on the united states i introduced myself, my name is h