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Europe’s Response to the Refuge Crisis
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Statement from the WCC/UN High Level Conference: Refugee Crisis in Europe.
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Mission from the margins
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Migration
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Opening of WCC/UN Conference on Refugee Crisis
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Opening remarks from the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit
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Presentation by Doina Bologa, UNFPA
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At the WCC/UN High Level Conference: Refugee Crisis in Europe
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COP21 High Level Dialogue
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An address by the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit on behalf of Faith-Based Organizations at the United Nations climate summit in Paris.
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Statement on UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, December 2015
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The WCC Executive Committee states that, sfter more than 20 years of UN negotiations, COP21 has to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C.
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Bossey, November 2015
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Statement from religious leaders for the upcoming COP21
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Statement of Faith and Spiritual Leaders on the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP21 in Paris in December 2015.
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Climate Change
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Prayers for each of the Sustainable Development Goals
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As part of the Prayer for Everyone campaign, the WCC published this collection of prayers that connect thematically with each of the United Nations post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.
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Prayer for Everyone, Ecumenical Centre, September 2015
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A special service organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) at the Ecumenical Centre chapel in Geneva, Switzerland, dedicated prayers to the United Nations post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Overview on UN human rights mechanisms which can be used by churches
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Through a mechanism called the Universal Periodic Review, the Human Rights Council reviews, on a periodic basis, the fulfilment by each of the 193 United Nations Member States of their human rights obligations and commitments.
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Rights of Children
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Right to Hope
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Presentation on “The adverse impacts of climate change on States’ efforts progressively to realize the right to food, and policies, lessons learned and good practices” – Human Rights Council, Geneva, 2015.
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