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The “pilgrimage is both a way to continue working for the one ecumenical movement and a way to move forward in our times that offer new dimensions, opportunities and practices,” said the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.

Prayers for peace and reunification of the Korean peninsula were held at the Bongsu Church in Pyongyang, North Korea on 15 August, with participation from a nineteen-member delegation organized by the National Council of Churches in Korea, comprised of representatives from member churches of the WCC and ecumenical organizations from South Korea, including women and youth delegates.

Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, associate and acting general secretary of the WCC, has expressed solidarity with those seeking justice for women who suffered from sexual slavery imposed by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.

1953년 7월 27일 에 맺은 정전협정 61주년을 기념하는 한반도 평화 통일을 위한 평화의 행진과 기도회가 300여명이 참석한 가운데 지난 7월 26일 워싱턴에서 열렸다.

The WCC invites its member churches to join in prayer for peace and reunification of the Korean peninsula on Sunday, 10 August.

Der Zentralausschuss des ÖRK, das höchste Leitungsgremium der Organisation, hat vom Thema „Pilgerweg der Gerechtigkeit und des Friedens“ inspiriert die Ausrichtung der Arbeit des ÖRK von 2014 bis 2017 festgelegt.

Inspired by the theme “pilgrimage of justice and peace”, the Central Committee of the WCC, a chief governing body of the Council, has set directions for the work of the Council from 2014 to 2017.

Konfliktsituationen, soziale Zersplitterung und politische Spannungen im Südsudan, in Südkorea und in Nigeria, sowie die Bemühungen der Kirchen in diesen Ländern um Gerechtigkeit, Frieden und Stabilität für allen Menschen und Gemeinschaften, standen im Mittelpunkt einer Plenarsitzung während der Tagung des Zentralausschusses des ÖRK in Genf (Schweiz) am 3. Juli.

Situations of conflict, social fragmentation and political tensions in South Sudan, South Korea and Nigeria, as well as struggles of the churches in these countries seeking justice, peace and stability for all people and communities, formed the focus of a session on 3 July at the WCC Central Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.

Sexual slavery, resistance and women’s demand for justice were the focus of a recent event hosted by the WCC in Geneva, Switzerland, featuring representatives of the Korean Council for Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan.

Im Rahmen eines ersten Treffens seit 2009 und seit 2013 ein neuer Vorsitzender des Koreanischen Christenbundes in Nordkorea gewählt wurde, traf sich eine internationale Gruppe von Kirchenleitenden aus 34 Kirchen und kirchlichen Organisationen aus 15 Ländern, darunter Nord- und Südkorea, in der Nähe von Genf, um Wege zur Förderung von Versöhnung und Frieden auf der koreanischen Halbinsel zu suchen.

In a first meeting since 2009 and since the 2013 appointment of a new leader for the Korea Christian Federation (KCF) of North Korea, an international group of from 34 churches and related organizations from 15 countries, including North and South Korea, met near Geneva, Switzerland, to seek ways to advance reconciliation and peace on the peninsula.

A communiqué adopted at a WCC consultation describes human trafficking as a “serious human rights violation” and its consequences are “most horrific results of the economic and social disparities that increase the vulnerability of millions of people”.

Auf einer Pressekonferenz am 9. April in Seoul, Republik Korea, hat der Generalsekretär des ÖRK, Pastor Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, angekündigt, dass im Juni 2014 in Genf eine internationale Konsultation zu den Themen Frieden, Versöhnung und Wiedervereinigung auf der koreanischen Halbinsel stattfinden wird.

At a press conference in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on 9 April, the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, announced that an international consultation on peace, reconciliation and reunification of the Korean peninsula will be held in Geneva in June 2014.

A resource book on HIV and AIDS has recently been launched by a member church of the WCC promoting visions of a strengthening partnership among churches and faith-based organizations in the Philippines to address country’s HIV epidemic.

Dr Erlinda N. Senturias, a physician, educator, ecumenical activist and former WCC staff member from the Philippines, has been named by President Benigno Aquino III to the nation’s new Human Rights Victims’ Claims Board.

Die Politisierung von Religion, die Rechte religiöser Minderheiten und Staatenloser, Frieden und Wiedervereinigung auf der koreanischen Halbinsel und gerechter Frieden waren einige der Themen der öffentlichen Erklärungen, die von der 10. ÖRK-Vollversammlung angenommen worden sind.

Politicization of religion, rights of religious minorities and stateless people, peace and reunification of the Korean Peninsula and just peace served as subjects of the public statements adopted at the WCC 10th Assembly in Busan, Republic of Korea.

Die 10. ÖRK-Vollversammlung ist am 8. November mit dem Beschluss zu Ende gegangen, die Kirchen zu ermutigen, ihr Engagement für Gerechtigkeit und Frieden zu erneuern. In verschiedenen Treffen und Dialogen unter den Mitgliedern der Kirchengemeinschaft hat die Vollversammlung konkrete Beschlüsse gefasst und Empfehlungen ausgesprochen, die die Prioritäten und die Ausrichtung der zukünftigen Arbeit des ÖRK bestimmen.