President of the Government of Spain – His Excellency Mr. José María Aznar

President of the Republic of Turkey- HisExcelentísimo Señor Don Sayin Ahmet Necdet Sezer

Secretary-General of the European Union – Her Excellency Mr. Javier Solana

President of the House of Commons of Spain – Her Excellency Mrs. Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda

President of the Senate of Spain – Her Excellency Mrs. Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma

Great Rabbi of the Sefardi Community of Israel – His Excellency Great Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi Doron

President of the Autonomic Government of Catalunya – Very Honorable Mr. Jordi Pujol i Soley

Vice-President and Minister of Economy of Spain – His Excellency Mr. Rodrigo Rato Figaredo

Minister of Education, Culture and Sports of Spain – Her Excellency Mrs. Pilar del Castillo Vera

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary – His Excellency Mr. Janós Martonyi

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama – His Excellency Mr. José Miguel Alemán

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland - His Excellency Mr. Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz

Minister for Regional Cooperation of Israel – His Excellency Mr. Roni Milo

Minister of Culture of the Flemish Community of Belgium – His Excellency Mr. Bert Anciaux

Minister of Culture of the German Speaking Community of Belgium – His Excellency Mr. Bernd Gentges

Minister of Culture of Brazil – His Excellency Mr. Francisco Correa Weffort

Minister of Culture of Bulgaria – His Excellency Mr. Bojidar Abrashev

Minister of Culture of Greece – His Excellency Mr. Evangelos Venizelos

Minister of Culture de Guatemala – Her Excellency Mrs. Otilia Lux de Cotí

Minister of Culture of Italy – His Excellency Mr. Giuliano Urbani

Minister of Culture of Panama – His Excellency Mr. Rafael Ruilboa Caparroso

Minister of Culture of Poland – His Excellency Mr. Waldemar Dabrowski

Minister of Culture of Turkey – His Excellency Mr. Istemihan Talay

Minister of Culture of Uruguay – His Excellency Mr. Antonio Mercader

Minister of Education of Israel – Her Excellency Mrs. Limor Livnat

Minister of Industry and Resources of Romania – His Excellency Mr.Ioan Popescu

Ambassador of Brazil – His Excellency Mr. Carlos Moreira García

Ambassador of Israel in Spain– His Excellency Mr. Herzl Inbar

Ambassador of Israel in the United States of America – His Excellency Mr. David Ivry

Ambassador of Mexico – His Excellency Mr. Gabriel Jimenez Remus

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany – His Excellency Mr. Joachim Bitterlich

Ambassador of Rumania – His Excellency Mr. Stelian Oancea

Ambassador of Sweden – His Excellency Mr. Lars Grundberg

Ambassador of Uruguay – His Excellency Mr. José María Araneo

President of the Autonomic Community of Aragon – His Excellency Mr. Marcelino Iglesias Ricou

President of the Autonomic Community of Castilla La Mancha – His Excellency Mr. José Bono Martínez

President of the Autonomic Community of La Rioja – His Excellency Mr. Pedro Sanz Alonso

Delegated of the Government of Catalunya – Her Excellency Mrs. Julia García Valdecasas Salgado

President of the Democratic Party of Catalunya – Honorable Mr. Josep A. Durán Lleida

Senior Councilor of the Autonomic Government of Catalunya – Honorable Mr. Artur Mas i Gavarró

Culture Councilor of the Autonomic Government of Catalunya – Honorable Mr. Jordi Vilajoana i Rovira

Economic Councilor of the Autonomic Government of Catalunya – Honorable Mr. Francesc Homs i Ferret

General Consul of Hungary – Honorable Mr. András Gulyás

President of the World Jewish Latin-American Congress – Mr. Alberto Nasser

Mayor of the Municipality of Barcelona, Spain – His Excellency Mr. Joan Clos i Matheu

Mayor of the Municipality of Hervás, Spain – His Excellency Mr. Juan Ramón Ferreira Díaz

Mayor of the Municipality of Oviedo, Spain – His Excellency Mr. D. Gabino de Lorenzo Ferrera

Mayor of the Municipality of Tudela, Spain – His Excellency Mr. Luis Campoy Zueco

President of the Municipality of Lisbon, Portugal – His Excellency Mr. Pedro Santana Lopes

Mayor of the Municipality of Amsterdam, Holland – His Excellency Mr. Job Cohen

Mayor of the Municipality of Brussels, Belgium – His Excellency Mr. Freddy Thielemans

Mayor of the Municipality of Budapest, Hungary – His Excellency Mr. Gábor Demszky

Mayor of the Municipality of Ottawa, Canada – His Excellency Mr. Bob Chiarelli

President of Telefónica – Mr. César Alierta

Former Minister of Science and Technology of Spain – Her Excellency Mrs. Anna Mª Birulés

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina - His Excellency Mr. Adalberto Rodríguez Giavarini

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel – His Excellency Mr. David Levy

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal – His Excellency Mr. Jaime Gama

Former Minister of Culture of Portugal – His Excellency Mr. Augusto Santos Silva

Former Minister of Culture of Poland – His Excellency Mr. Andrzej Celinski

Former Minister of Transport of Israel – His Excellency Mr. Yitzhak Levy

Former Ambassador of Israel in Spain and in the Vatican – His Excellency Mr. Samuel Hadas

Former President of the Municipality of Lisbon, Portugal – His Excellency Mr. Joao Soares

Former Mayor of the Municipality of Girona – His Excellency Mr. Joaquín Nadal

Director of the Real Academia Española, His Excellency Mr. Víctor García de la Concha

Headmaster of the University of Salamanca, His Excellency Mr. Ignacio Berdugo Gómez

Headmaster of the University Complutense of Madrid, His Excellency Mr. Rafael Puyol Antolin

Headmaster of the University of Barcelona, His Excellency Mr. Joan Tugores i Ques

President of the Hebrew Language Academy of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Professor Moshe Bar-Asher

Chairman of the Ben-Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East Professor Haggai Ben-Shammai

Former Technical Director of the National Library of Madrid, Mr. Manuel Carrion

Director of the University of Zagreb – Croatia, Professor Ivana Burdeles

Director of Scientific Investigation of the CNRS - Paris; Doctor by the University of Salamanca, Member of the Royal Academy (France), Professor Henry Mechoulan

University of Bologna – Italy, Professor Mauro Perani

Faculty of Semitic Philology of the University of Barcelona, Professor Josep Ribera

Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Israel, Professor Amnon Shiloah

Director of the Magazine: “Aquí, Jerusalem”, Mr. Moshe Shaul



Vice-President and Minister of Economy of Spain – His Excellency Mr. Rodrigo Rato Figaredo

Minister for Regional Cooperation of Israel – His Excellency Mr. Roni Milo

Minister of Foreign Trade of Colombia – Her Excellency Mrs. Marta Lucía Ramírez de Rincón

Former Minister of Science and Technology of Spain – Her Excellency Mrs. Doña Anna Mª Birulés

President of the Spanish Federation for the Small and Medium Size Industries - CEPYME – His Excellency Mr. Antonio Masa Godoy

President of the Manufacturers Association of Barcelona – His Excellency Mr. Juan Rosell Lastortras

President of the Central Bank of Bolivia – His Excellency Mr. Juan Antonio Morales Anaya

President of the Nederlandsche Bank – His Excellency Dr. A.H.E.M. Wellink

Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank – Her Excellency Ms. Gill Marcus

President of the Banco Privado Portugués – His Excellency Dr. Joao Oliveira Rendeiro

Presidency Advisor of Banco Pastor of Spain – His Excellency Mr. Guillermo de la Dehesa Romero


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