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The WCC Executive Committee, during its meeting in Amman, issued a “Statement on Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and on 2017 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.”

„Der Amazonas, die grüne Lunge der Erde, ist in Trauer, und das von ihm erhaltene Leben verdorrt“ – so beginnt eine vom Exekutivausschuss des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen auf seiner Tagung in Amman abgegebene Erklärung.

“The Amazon, the green heart of the Earth, is mourning and the life it sustains is withering,” begins a statement released by the World Council of Churches Executive Committee as it met in Amman, Jordan from 17-23 November.

Anlässlich des Rücktritts von Robert Mugabe nach 37 Jahren im Amt hat der ÖRK-Exekutivausschuss eine Erklärung zur Situation in Simbabwe abgegeben.

At its meeting in Amman, Jordan, the WCC Executive Committee issued a “Minute on the situation in Zimbabwe” as developments in Zimbabwe have led to the resignation of President Robert Mugabe after 37 years in power.

In den Eröffnungsreden auf der Tagung des Exekutivausschusses des Ökumenischen Rates vom 17.-23. November ging es in erster Linie um Frieden, Gerechtigkeit und Einheit, als der ÖRK sein weiteres Vorgehen erörtert und die bisher geleistete Arbeit bewertet.

Speakers opening the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee meeting in Amman, Jordan from 17-23 November, emphasized peace, justice and unity as the WCC discerns its way forward and evaluates its past work.

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) hat auf der Tagung seines Exekutivausschusses vom 17.-23. November eine Erklärung über die Inhaftierung von Bischof Carlos Morales und die Situation in Mindanao, Philippinen veröffentlicht.

While meeting in Amman, Jordan, from 17-23 November, the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee issued a statement on the detention of Bishop Carlos Morales and the situation in Mindanao, Philippines.

Der Exekutivausschuss des ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) trifft sich vom 17. bis 23. November in Amman, Jordanien, um die Programmpläne und den Haushalt für 2018 zu genehmigen, Leitlinien für die Erneuerung des ÖRK-Strategieplans für den Zeitraum aufzustellen und das weitere Vorgehen des ÖRK in Palästina und Israel auf der Suche nach Gerechtigkeit und Frieden zu beraten, indem mehr über die besondere Situation in Jordanien und im Nahen Osten in Erfahrung gebracht wird und im Anschluss daran die Herausforderungen für die Kirchen und die Antwort des ÖRK erörtert werden. Theophilus III, der Patriarch der Heiligen Stadt Jerusalem und ganz Palästinas und der Gebiete jenseits des Jordans, wird die Gruppe willkommen heißen.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee will meet in Amman, Jordan from 17-23 November to approve the 2018 plans and budget, prepare for renewal of the WCC strategic plan, to discern the way forward for the WCC’s involvement in Palestine and Israel for justice and peace by learning more about the particular situation in Jordan and the Middle East, then discussing the challenges of the churches and the WCC response. The Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem, All Palestine and Jordan, Theophilos III, will welcome the group.

As they gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia from September 2-8 to prepare resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2019, ecumenical partners reflected on the theme of “Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue.”

For April Robinson, hopping in a bus with 35 other Christians from across Asia – from Pakistan, to Japan, to New Zealand – and travelling four hours to West Java, Indonesia to meet with interfaith activists brought just the perspective she needed to deepen and bolster her interfaith work back home in Melbourne, Australia.

On 18-19 July, 35 young leaders from 14 countries across Asia – part of the World Council of Churches' (WCC) Youth in Asia Training in Religious Amity (YATRA) – travelled to the Indonesian city of Bandung to meet with faith leaders and young activists engaged in interreligious dialogue and work.

The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), on 11-12 July, held an international consultation on “Towards Revitalising the Ecumenical Movement in Asia.” The gathering of 60 church and ecumenical leaders was organised by the CCA at its headquarters in Chiang Mai, Thailand as a prelude to its Diamond Jubilee celebration.

The World Council of Churches' (WCC) popular YATRA (Youth in Asia Training for Religious Amity) programme has a new online learning component that adds four weeks of intensive training to two weeks of residential learning. When 35 young men and women from 14 different countries meet at the Jakarta Theological Seminary in Indonesia on 8 July, they will already have a familiarity with the major religious traditions found in Asia, thanks to their online studies.

The Philippines has long been noticed for crimes committed against its people, but now human rights violations of the government of President Roderigo Duterte are coming under scrutiny at the Human Rights Council after submissions made by church-backed civil society groups.

Reconciliation was once primarily seen as a message of the church but is now used by secular leaders trying to establish peace in communities torn by conflict and war, the WCC president for Africa, the Rev. Mary Anne Plaatjies van Huffel, has said at a major Protestant gathering in Germany.

To galvanize the international community on the worsening human rights situation in the Philippines, the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland, hosted a photo exhibit on 4-5 May.

Achtzehn Theologinnen aus Afrika und Asien haben anlässlich einer Tagung, die vom 20. bis 22. April in Bangkok (Thailand) stattfand, die Arbeit am Thema „Mentoring von Frauen für ökumenische Führungsaufgaben“ aufgenommen. Initiiert hatte die Tagung die Abteilung des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) für Ökumenische theologische Ausbildung, unterstützt wurde sie durch die Foundation for Theological Education in Southeast Asia.