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Unity is key when health crisis poses new challenges in Asia

As the COVID-19 pandemic slowly fades, its severe impact on people’s lives lingers on throughout Asia and the rest of the world. In addition to the sufferings and tragic losses of lives caused by the virus, hopes for a brighter future have been dimmed by social isolation, economic recession, increased unemployment and poverty.

28 February 2022

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Religion: Way of war or path to peace?

From Paris to Pakistan, Orlando to Myanmar, Iraq to Nigeria, each day witnesses conflict and violence perpetrated in the name of religion or committed against persons because of their religious identity.

30 June 2016

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Crosses made from cartridges used in Liberia’s civil war – evidence of the plague of illicit arms which the Arms Trade Treaty begins to regulate on Christmas Eve.

The new Arms Trade Treaty: a life-saving gift this Christmas

The world is giving itself a kind of Christmas gift this year, a serious gift and one that is long-overdue. On 24 December 2014 an international law to regulate the global trade in armaments and ammunition enters into force.

19 December 2014

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Participants in a WCC consultation on peace, human security and human dignity in Yangon, Myanmar.

Asian churches to move beyond conflict, towards just peace, human security and dignity

Participants in a recent WCC consultation in Myanmar have stressed the need to equip churches and ecumenical organizations to build peace, human security and human dignity in order to move beyond conflicts, towards a world of peace.

04 December 2014

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From left to right: Sobita Mangsatabam, Lheikhochin Haokip Mangvung Hechin and Nobo Urikhimbam at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.

Human rights violations in Manipur highlighted at a WCC meeting

A group of activists from Manipur, India, visited the WCC headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on 26 March, sharing accounts of human rights violations in their region and efforts to lobby against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act at the 25th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

27 March 2014