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Das Engagement des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) für Abrüstung geht weiter und findet immer mehr Themen vor dem Hintergrund zunehmender Ungerechtigkeiten und Spannungen in der Welt, die den Frieden tagtäglich bedrohen.

The work of the World Council of Churches (WCC) related to disarmament continues to endure and expand, even as the world faces increasing injustice and tensions that threaten peace on a daily basis.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has expressed deep regret over the decision by the government of the USA to withdraw all funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian Refugees.

Forty years after the Soweto uprising, leaders of churches in conflict-torn countries gathered in South Africa to study the ways of peace and reconciliation.

Im Anschluss an die hochrangige ÖRK/UN-Konferenz über die Flüchtlingskrise in Europa, die am 18. und 19. Januar im Ökumenischen Zentrum in Genf stattgefunden hat, wurde eine Erklärung mit dem Titel „Europas Reaktion auf die Flüchtlings- und Migrantenkrise, von den Ursprungsorten über die Durchgangsstationen bis zur Aufnahme und Zuflucht: ein Aufruf zu gemeinsamer Verantwortung und koordiniertem Handeln“ herausgegeben.

Following the WCC/UN High Level Conference on the Refugee Crisis in Europe, which took place at the Ecumenical Centre Geneva on 18-19 January, a statement has been issued entitled "Europe’s Response to the Refuge Crisis, From Origin to Transit, Reception and Refuge, A Call for Shared Responsibility and Coordinated Action”.

Den Kirchen in Europa käme im Umgang mit den ankommenden Flüchtlingen in Europa eine wesentliche Rolle zu, erklärte der deutsche Bundesminister des Innern auf einer Tagung von Regierungsvertreterinnen und -vertretern, UN-Organisationen, Kirchen, glaubensgestützten Gruppen und zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen in Genf.

Churches in Europe have a crucial role to play in responding to the arrival of refugees in Europe, Germany's interior minister has told a gathering in Geneva of governments, United Nations agencies, church and faith groups and civil society organizations.

Der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) hat den konstruktiven neuen Konsens innerhalb des Sicherheitsrates der Vereinten Nationen begrüsst, der sich erstmals seit längerer Zeit wieder mit der anhaltenden Krise in Syrien befasst und den Friedensplan des UN-Sondergesandten Staffan de Mistura unterstützt.

The WCC has welcomed the constructive new consensus emerging in the United Nations Security Council regarding the ongoing crisis in Syria, particularly the support given to the peace plan proposed by UN Special Envoy Staffan De Mistura.

The prospect of armed robots taking human lives, and whether to ban autonomous weapons before they are made, concentrated the minds of governmental and non-governmental delegates at a United Nations forum in Geneva in mid-April.

In einer Erklärung vom 25. November hat der ÖRK-Exekutivausschuss dringend dazu aufgerufen, die Flüchtlinge und Vertriebenen aus dem Nahen Osten und insbesondere aus Ländern wie Syrien, dem Irak und Israel/Palästina zu schützen und zu unterstützen.

A statement issued by the WCC Executive Committee on 25 November has made strong recommendations urging all countries to take special measures to protect and support refugees and displaced people from the Middle East, especially those from countries like Syria, Iraq and Israel-Palestine.

Scattered throughout the recent history of Indigenous Peoples are national treaties, declarations and laws that languish in obscurity or are brushed aside and ignored.

Migrants are reduced to mere commodities, traded and exchanged in the global market, according to a declaration issued by churches calling for an end to this gross violation of human dignity. The declaration was issued on the occasion of the Second United Nations High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development in New York City, USA.

Talk about peace on the Korean peninsula part of discussions at ecumenical consultation on peace and security issues in Asia.

As the uncertainty of the whereabouts of two Syrian church leaders kidnapped in Syria on Monday continued Wednesday, the patriarchs of the Greek Orthodox and Syriac Orthodox churches have issued a joint communique calling on churches around the world to “stand fast in the face of what is going on and witness to their faith in the power of love in this world.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, has strongly condemned the abduction of two Syrian archbishops who were kidnapped yesterday near Aleppo in Syria.