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In a 1 September letter to President Joe Biden, World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca appealed for reconsideration on sanctions against North Korea.

Statement of the Ecumenical Forum for Peace and Justice in Cameroon on the Sunday 22nd August attack on the Presbyterian church Ntanfoang-Bali, North West region in Cameroon

Six game-changing actions to End Violence Against Children

23 July 2021

In a 13 July letter to the United Nations Security Council, the Diálogo Intereclesial por la Paz en Colombia (DiPaz), an interchurch platform for dialogue for peace in Colombia, called on the international community to urge the Colombian government to resume the full implementation of the peace agreement and strengthen channels of dialogue to resolve societal issues.

10 Year Anniversary of South Sudan: 9th of July 2021

Today, the 9th of July 2021 we, the undersigned churches, faith-based organisations and members of the Ecumenical Network of South Sudan (ENSS), mark the 10 year anniversary of South Sudan becoming the newest country in the world, following the demands of the people in their referendum.

WCC letter to the United Nations Security Council on the impending expiry of the resolution allowing cross-border humanitarian assistance to North West Syria.

Keynote address by Peter Prove, director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, World Council of Churches, at the annual Karlsruhe Foyer Church and Law reception on 15 June.

The World Council of Churches, with more than 350 member churches in 120 countries representing over 560 million people globally, welcomes the establishment of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas which has brought a desperately-needed respite from the violence, bloodshed and destruction that Secretary-General Guterres rightly described as “appalling” and “senseless”.

رسالة إلى الكنائس وسكان الأرض المقدسة

As international church-based organisations which have been providing long-standing support to efforts for peace in Colombia, we add our voices to the multitude of urgent calls from the international community for the Colombian authorities to stop the spiral of violence that is doing terrible harm to the civilian population.

Message by the WCC Executive Committee, 20 May 2021.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee is inviting the ecumenical fellowship and all people of good will to join in a live-streamed prayer for the Holy Land on 20 May at 16:30 CET.

After family members of a DanChurchAid employee were killed in Gaza during the current hostilities, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca sent a letter of condolence to both DanChurchAid and Norwegian Church Aid, WCC partner organizations that have been working in Gaza since the early 1950s.

The World Council of Churches is following developments in Israel and Palestine with mounting alarm and profound grief at the rising toll of people killed and injured in the escalating violence. We appeal urgently to all parties to step back from the brink of even more deadly and destructive conflict.

Address by the director of the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, Mr Peter Prove, to the international online seminar: "Brazilian Tragedy: a risk for our Common Home?" (4-6 May 2021)

In a letter to the Inter-Religious Council of Ethiopia, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca conveyed that the WCC fellowship is standing in solidarity and praying with Ethiopians during the Week of prayer on 15 - 22 April.

Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) letter to United States President Joe Biden on 21 April 2021.

إن ضم الأراضي بفرض الأمر الواقع هو حقيقة اليوم في المكان الذي مشى فيه يسوع منذ 2000 عاماً. ونحن نريد، من خلال مبادرة عيد الفصح هذه، أن نسلط الضوء على الوضع في الأرض المقدسة – وعلى الرغم من أن خطر الضم الرسمي للأرض الفلسطينية المحتلة في الضفة الغربية ربما قد تراجع مؤقتاً، إلا أن الاحتلال يواصل التأثير سلباً وبشدة على حياة الشعب الفلسطيني وسبل عيشهم وحقوق الإنسان الخاصة بهم.

Joint statement of the World Council of Churches and the Christian Conference of Asia expressing deep concern and alarm at the continuing deterioration of the situation in Myanmar.

De-facto annexation is a reality today where Jesus walked 2000 years ago. With this Easter initiative we want to highlight the situation in the Holy Land – though the threat of formal annexation of occupied Palestinian territory in the West Bank may have temporarily receded, occupation continues to profoundly and negatively impact the lives, livelihoods, and human rights of the Palestinian people.