An international delegation of the Jewish Claims Conference met February 28 with Polish Prime Minister Kaczynski, Sejm Speaker Marek Jurek, and other officials to press for passage of a law providing for restitution or compensation for property taken during World War II. The group also honored Righteous Gentile Irena Sendler, who saved over 2,500 Jewish Children from the Warsaw Ghetto during from the hands of the Nazis in 1942-1943. U.S. Ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe hosted the group at a reception at his Residence on February 27.