Editing World Jewish Congress (section)

{{short description|International federation of Jewish communities and organizations}}
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| formation = {{start date and age|1936|8}}
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| type = [[501(c) organization|501(c)(3) organization]]
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| headquarters = [[New York City]], [[United States]]
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| logo= World Jewish Congress.png
| region_served = Worldwide
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| leader_title = President
| leader_name = [[Ronald S. Lauder]]
| key_people = [[David René de Rothschild|David de Rothschild]], Chairman of the Governing Board; [[Charlotte Knobloch]], Vice President; [[Chella Safra]], Treasurer
| main_organ = Plenary Assembly
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| website = {{URL|http://www.worldjewishcongress.org}}
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[[File:World Jewish Congress Geneva 1953.jpg|thumb|World Jewish Congress in Geneva, [[Switzerland]], 1953]]
[[File:25 Years of World Jewish Congress - Anniversary Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.jpg|thumb|Delegates at World Jewish Congress 25th Anniversary Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 1961]]
[[File:RonaldLauderWJCBudapestMay2013.jpg|thumb|World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder addressing the 14th Plenary Assembly of the World Jewish Congress in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]], 7 May 2013]]
The '''World Jewish Congress''' ('''WJC''') is an international federation of Jewish communities and organizations, founded in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]], in August 1936. According to its mission statement,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/about|title=World Jewish Congress – About Us}}</ref> the World Jewish Congress's main purpose is to act as "the diplomatic arm of the Jewish people". Membership in the WJC is open to all representative Jewish groups or communities, irrespective of the social, political or economic ideology of the community's host country. The World Jewish Congress headquarters are in [[New York City]], and the organization maintains international offices in [[Brussels, Belgium]]; [[Jerusalem]]; [[Paris, France]]; [[Moscow, Russia]]; [[Buenos Aires, Argentina]]; and [[Geneva, Switzerland]]. The WJC has [[List of organizations with consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council|special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council]].