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Hope in a Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace formed the integral thread for proceedings at the meeting of the Central Committee of the WCC in Trondheim, Norway this week. The 2016 meeting took place 22-28 June, the second gathering since the Central Committee was elected at the WCC 10th Assembly in Busan, Republic of Korea in 2013.

La esperanza en la peregrinación de justicia y paz fue el hilo conductor de los procedimientos de la reunión del Comité Central del CMI celebrada en Trondheim (Noruega).

In a statement adopted by its Central Committee meeting in Trondheim, Norway, the WCC “welcomes the news of the historic bilateral ceasefire agreement concluded by the government of Colombia and the FARC-EP in Havana on 23 June 2016.”

En una declaración aprobada por la reunión del Comité Central en Trondheim, el CMI “expresa su satisfacción por la noticia del histórico acuerdo bilateral de alto el fuego concluido entre el gobierno de Colombia y las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC-EP) en La Habana el pasado 23 de junio”.

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.

Many people were gathered at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa on 11 June. To remember, to continue the walk never finished on 16 June 1976, when hundreds of young people were killed by apartheid police and soldiers after student uprisings. Today, 40 years later, representatives of the victims and of the conscripted soldiers walked together for justice, peace and reconciliation.

On his way to a Peace-building and Reconciliation Consultation in Johannesburg, the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary stopped off to visit South African Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu.

WCC general secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, went to Cape Town to talk with Archbishop Emeritus Tutu, the former leader of the Anglican church during the turbulent apartheid days.

El acercamiento que se está produciendo entre Estados Unidos de América y Cuba puede contribuir a infundir esperanzas y a mejorar la situación material de los pueblos de la nación caribeña, dijo el Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, secretario general del CMI.

“Recognizing Colombia’s ownership of the implementation of the Final Peace Agreement,” the UN Security Council decided on 25 January to establish a 12-month political mission of unarmed international observers, responsible for the monitoring and verification of the laying down of arms in the country.

“Reconociendo la responsabilidad de Colombia en la aplicación del Acuerdo Final de Paz”, el Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas decidió establecer una misión política de 12 meses integrada por observadores internacionales desarmados, que se encargará de vigilar y verificar la dejación de las armas en el país.

During the 4th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights, the WCC, in collaboration with the ACT Alliance and Lutheran World Federation, organized a side-event on “Faith-based organizations’ contribution to the protection of communities’ land rights: lessons learnt and good practices from Africa, Asia and Latin America” at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.

Durante el cuarto Foro de las Naciones Unidas sobre las Empresas y los Derechos Humanos, el CMI en colaboración con ACT Alianza y la Federación Luterana Mundial, organizó un evento sobre “La contribución de las organizaciones religiosas a la protección de los derechos de las comunidades sobre las tierras: lecciones aprendidas y buenas prácticas de África, Asia y América Latina”.

Representatives of more than 150 faith-based organizations gathered in Bogota, Colombia on 5 November to discuss their role in the peace process in that country. The meeting was organized by the Ministry of Interior and drew participation from the WCC.

Representantes de más de 150 organizaciones basadas en la fe se reunieron en Bogotá, Colombia, el pasado 5 de noviembre para hablar de su papel en el proceso de paz en ese país. La reunión fue organizada por el Ministerio del Interior y contó con la participación del CMI.

In the wake of recent crisis with the refugees in Europe, it is “absolutely and critically necessary that all European states take their proper responsibility in terms of reception and support for people seeking refuge, safety and a better future for themselves and their families. This cannot be left only to the states where they enter first,” says the WCC general secretary.

“Join the pilgrimage of justice and peace! Stand up for the creation that is threatened, for justice and peace, so that people may gain hope so that life will flourish. The most severe threat to basic human rights here in the next decades will be the dramatic effects of climate change. This is what eco-justice means.” This was a message the WCC general secretary conveyed at a public event of the Argentina Chancellery.

“¡Únanse a la peregrinación de justicia y paz! Defiendan la Creación que está amenazada, luchen por la justicia y la paz, para que la gente recupere la esperanza y prospere la vida”. Este fue el mensaje del Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit en un acto público de la Cancillería Argentina.

To strengthen relationships and support churches in Latin America in their struggles for justice and peace, a pilgrimage of church leaders organized by the WCC will visit Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Colombia from 24 August to 7 September.

In a letter issued from Bogota, Colombia, local and international Christian leaders have demanded a bilateral ceasefire between the Colombian government and the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), urging that peace talks be resumed.

En una carta enviada desde Bogotá, Colombia, dirigentes cristianos locales e internacionales han exigido un alto el fuego bilateral entre el Gobierno de Colombia y las FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia), insistiendo en que se reanuden las conversaciones de paz.