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Report on Public Issues

Statement on plight of children in conflicts with focus on Northern Uganda; Statement on Just Trade; Statement on churches' compassionate response to HIV and AIDS;

06 September 2006

Central Committee

News

Northern Uganda : WCC central committee urges for sustainable peace process

The central committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has appealed to the United Nations and the African Union to endorse a plan for a sustainable peace process between the government of Uganda and the "Lord's Resistance Army" (LRA).

05 September 2006

Document

Message

Children and armed conflict

Message by WCC general secretary Samuel Kobia

13 July 2006

General Secretary

News

Child soldier at Sinyea village in the center of Liberia. © Jonas Ekströmer/WCC

Churches and the UN: protecting children

The plight of the world's children was in focus at a high-level panel discussion organized by the WCC UN liaison office in New York on 13 July on the theme "Churches and the United Nations: Building a Partnership for the Protection of Children".

13 July 2006

Document

Sermon

The escalation of the Israel/Palestine conflict

30 June 2006

General Secretary

Document

Sermon

Civil and Political Rights, including questions of torture and detention;

21 April 2006

Central Committee

Document

Sermon

Question of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in

21 April 2006

Central Committee

Document

Sermon

Release of hostages in Iraq

23 March 2006

General Secretary

Document

Lecture - Speech

Saving God's children from the scourge of war

Plenary on youth overcoming violence: Presentation by Olara A. Otunnu, president of the LBL Foundation for Children and former UN under-secretary-general and special representative for children and armed conflict.

18 February 2006

Assembly

Document

Sermon

Call for the Release of Peace Workers in Iraq

05 December 2005

Commission on International Affairs

Document

Advocacy report

Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons

16 September 2005

Executive committee

Document

Sermon

Statement on the control of small arms and light weapons

16 September 2005

Executive committee

Document

Study document

Preparatory Paper N° 6: Documentation on EMS Consultations on Reconciliation

We request our churches in Korea, Japan and Germany to work locally for the remembrance of history and the transmission of insights gained thereby to the next generation.

We therefore request our congregations to work for a situation where the wrongdoing, which in some cases has only just come to light, is not repressed, and call upon them to seek solutions in cooperation with the responsible politicians and citizens' action groups.

10 May 2005

Conference on World Mission and Evangelism

Document

Sermon