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.
Representatives from the WCC and Japanese churches meet with second in command of Japanese government about nuclear dangers and maintaining peace clause in constitution.
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.
Inspiré par le thème du «pèlerinage de justice et de paix», le Comité central du COE, principal organe directeur du COE, a défini les orientations des activités du Conseil pour la période 2014-2017.
Le père Rex R. B. Reyes Jr se souvient parfaitement de ce qu’il appelle «le matin fatal du 8 novembre» 2013. Alors qu’il assistait à la 10e Assemblée du COE en République de Corée, il apprit que le super-typhon Haiyan s’était abattu sur son pays. Plus de 25 millions de personnes aux Philippines se trouvaient sur la trajectoire du cyclone.
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.
Le 3 juillet, le Comité central du COE réuni à Genève (Suisse) a consacré l’une de ses séances aux situations de conflit, de fragmentation sociale et de tensions politiques au Soudan du Sud, en Corée du Sud et au Nigéria, ainsi qu’aux luttes des Églises de ces pays en faveur de la justice, la paix et la stabilité pour tous les individus et toutes les communautés.
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.
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.
À l’occasion de leur première rencontre depuis 2009 et depuis la nomination d’un nouveau dirigeant de la Fédération chrétienne de Corée (FCC) en Corée du Nord en 2013, un groupe international de responsables d’Églises de 34 églises et organisations provenant de 15 pays, dont la Corée du Nord et la Corée du Sud, se sont réunis près de Genève, en Suisse, pour réfléchir aux moyens de faire avancer le processus de réconciliation et de paix dans la péninsule.
A reflection on the recent United Nations meeting on the Non-Proliferation Treaty, by Jonathan Frerichs, WCC programme executive for peace building and disarmament, and member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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”.
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.
À l'occasion d'une conférence de presse donnée à Séoul (République de Corée) le 9 avril, le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, secrétaire général du COE, a annoncé qu'un colloque international sur la paix, la réconciliation et la réunification de la péninsule coréenne se tiendrait à Genève en juin 2014.
Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC is currently in the Republic of Korea, visiting the country’s WCC member churches and ecumenical partners. During his visit, 5 to 10 April, Tveit has been conveying “great appreciation” to the Korean churches for their work and contributions to the ecumenical movement.
A group of activists from Manipur, India, visited the WCC headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on 26 March, sharing accounts of human rights violations in their region and efforts to lobby against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act at the 25th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
