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Needed: a more responsible, secure and democratic world

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser has given his "unreserved support" to a message from local Swiss and French church leaders to the G8 presidents and prime ministers meeting in Evian, France from 1-3 June 2003. The WCC message of support expressed hope that the summit would recognize the need to build "a world that is genuinely more responsible and more in solidarity, more secure and more democratic".

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02 June 2003

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser has given his "unreserved support" to a message from local Swiss and French church leaders to the G8 presidents and prime ministers meeting in Evian, France from 1-3 June 2003. The WCC message of support expressed hope that the summit would recognize the need to build "a world that is genuinely more responsible and more in solidarity, more secure and more democratic".

The local church leaders' message is available on our website at:

www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/press_corner/g8message-e.html

The WCC message of support is also available at:

www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/press_corner/g8-wcc-message-e.html