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Le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) a eu un impact positif à la 41e session du Conseil des droits de l’homme des Nations Unies, tenue du 24 juin au 12 juillet.
Le COE s’engage depuis longtemps auprès du système des droits de l’homme des Nations Unies, en défendant et en témoignant de la dignité humaine et la justice au nom du mouvement œcuménique mondial.

Dr Agnes Abuom, moderator of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Central Committee, offered opening remarks at the WCC Executive Committee meeting convening at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute from 22-28 May.

Mme Agnes Abuom, présidente du Comité central du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE), a fait quelques remarques introductives lors de l’ouverture de la réunion du Comité exécutif du COE qui se tient du 22 au 28 mai à l’Institut œcuménique de Bossey.
«Nous arrivons avec beaucoup d’attentes et le désir de faire part des expériences de nos Églises, nos communautés et nos pays», a déclaré A. Abuom. «J’ai espoir que celles-ci se réalisent formellement et informellement durant ce temps passé ensemble ici à Bossey.»

Over 30 seasoned theological educators, emerging theologians and researchers, church ministers and practitioners engaged in grassroots adult education gathered at the Ecumenical Institute Bossey, near Geneva, Switzerland, 12-15 May, to reflect on eco-theology and theological education.

They came from governments, the United Nations, civil society, churches and other faith-based organizations to discuss the impact of Cyclone Idai that has wreaked death, havoc and destruction on Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe in recent weeks.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting the public, media, and all people of goodwill to join in a Midday Prayer on 20 March. Prayers will focus on grieving family, friends and colleagues who lost loved ones from UN agencies, the WCC and other organizations who perished in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash on 10 March.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting the public, media, and all people of goodwill to join in a Midday Prayer on 20 March. Prayers will focus on grieving family, friends and colleagues who lost loved ones from UN agencies, the WCC and other organizations who perished in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash on 10 March.

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit spoke on the future of work at an event held on 25 February in Geneva commemorating the centenary of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

Two Norwegian world leaders met in Geneva to discuss environmental issues and open up for closer collaboration. Erik Solheim, UN Environment executive director and under-secretary-general of the United Nations visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland on 10 April, where he discussed with WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit both the meaning and importance of working together on environmental issues to bring hope to the world.

Deux responsables mondiaux norvégiens se sont rencontrés à Genève pour aborder les questions environnementales et envisager une collaboration plus étroite. M. Erik Solheim, directeur exécutif du Programme des Nations Unies pour l’environnement et secrétaire général adjoint des Nations Unies, a rendu visite au COE au Centre œcuménique à Genève, en Suisse, le 10 avril dernier, où il a parlé, avec le secrétaire général du COE, le pasteur Olav Fykse Tveit, tant de la signification que de l’importance d'une action commune sur les questions environnementales, source d'espérance pour le monde.

Leaders from more than 20 international and national associations of Christian entrepreneurs from 60 countries and diverse Christian traditions gathered at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva from 22-23 January for a conference titled, “Faith-based Entrepreneurs: Stronger Together.”

Faith groups gathered at the Ecumenical Centre on 16 January to evaluate from faith and human rights perspectives the outcomes of the 23rd Conference of Parties (COP 23) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. They discussed the role of faith-based organizations in the Talanoa Dialogue emerging from COP 23 and began to cooperate for effective and meaningful faith-based engagement in COP 24.

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, will participate in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos from 24-26 January, 2018. If you are interested in more information or in arranging an interview with Dr Tveit, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Prompted by a commitment to care for creation, organizations in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland have joined together to develop a “Sustainable Mobility Plan” that strives for a more environmentally friendly and sustainable solution for traffic mobility and commuting.

A group of Protestant pilgrims are exercising their legs in an untypical fashion these days: by stepping in the pedals. Their 14-day Bike Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace winds along both sides of the Rhine from Constance to Worms.

Les pèlerins protestants appuient à fond sur la pédale ces derniers jours. Le pèlerinage à vélo sur la route de la justice et de la paix parcourt les deux rives du Rhin pendant 14 jours, de Constance à Worms.

The Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, delivered a public address at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 24 April as part of his official visit to Switzerland on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his enthronement as Ecumenical Patriarch and the 50th anniversary of the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy.

Le patriarche œcuménique, Sa Toute-Sainteté Bartholomée Ier, a prononcé une allocution au Centre œcuménique, à Genève, le 24 avril dans le cadre de sa visite officielle en Suisse à l’occasion du 25e anniversaire de son élection au Trône œcuménique et du 50e anniversaire du Centre orthodoxe du Patriarcat œcuménique à Chambésy.

Athena Peralta is dedicated to observing and encouraging people who are defending their livelihood and defending creation across the world. “There is so much injustice in this world that it is really something beautiful to learn about and be able to accompany, even in tiny ways, struggles of communities and churches,” she said.

The WCC celebrated implementation of its responsible water commitments in an event on 15 February in the Ecumenical Centre. The WCC became a Blue Community In October 2016. The special occasion was marked by the visit of Dr Maude Barlow from the Blue Planet Project, Canada, who awarded a “blue community certificate” to the WCC and raised awareness of the problems created by indiscriminate use of disposable plastic bottles and their negative impact on our planet’s ecosystem.