GOOD U.S. APPOINTMENTS AT U.N.

Bush names Boschwitz ambassador
President Bush named a Jewish former U.S. senator as ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Commission. Rudy Boschwitz is expected to take a leave of absence from the board of directors of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to serve the new post. He was first elected to the Senate as a Republican from Minnesota in 1978. He lost the race for a third term in 1990 to the late Paul Wellstone. In his new post, Boschwitz will represent the United States at a six-week session in Geneva. The meeting has often become a forum for anti-Israel rhetoric and resolutions.

Bush’s choice for United Nations comes with strong pro-Israel record
WASHINGTON, March 7 (JTA) — In John Bolton, the Bush administration thinks it has found someone with a track record of taking on the United Nations and rogue states. And that is welcome news to Jewish groups and pro-Israel advocates.

Bolton, 56, was nominated Monday as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Now the undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, Bolton has gained a reputation as a tough fighter against Iran and other countries that have sought nuclear weapons.
He also won the admiration of the American Jewish community in 1991, when as assistant secretary of state for international organizations he was the principal architect behind an initiative to repeal a United Nations resolution that equated Zionism with racism.

“He’s really a hero of that effort,” said Jess Hordes, Washington director of the Anti-Defamation League.

Bolton’s appointment to the United Nations comes at a time of growing anti-American and anti-Semitic sentiment around the world. Jewish leaders said they hoped Bolton would be able to take on efforts in the international forum to demonize Jews and the Jewish state.