On his first trip to the Asia and Pacific regions since taking office, WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia will visit member churches and ecumenical organizations in Hong Kong, Australia and Fiji from 5 to 15 July. Kobia will also spend time with refugees, asylum-seekers and indigenous communities in Australia, and focus on HIV/AIDS in the Pacific.
Baldwin Sjollema, first director of the World Council of Churchesâ (WCC) Programme to Combat Racism (PCR), received the Oliver Tambo Order from South African president Thabo Mbeki on 16 June 2004 in Pretoria.
A delegation from the World Council of Churches' (WCC) Indigenous Peoples Programme has called for a UN-sponsored âInternational Year of Indigenous Languagesâ in 2006.