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A joint statement of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, Geneva for Human Rights, Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, and Vivat International delivered during the debate on human rights and obstetric fistula at the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council on 17 March 2023. The statement was delivered by Eva Abel from Kenya, masters student at the WCC Ecumenical Institute in Bossey.

The World Council of Churches is concerned and saddened to hear about alleged actions taken against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) against the background of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 

Address by Marianne Ejdersten, communication director of the WCC at the side-event of the 52^nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, launching the report on the impact of sanctions on humanitarian work.

On the eve of presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria, the World Council of Churches prays for an enduring peace for the people and nation of Nigeria especially in a time of electoral tensions and increasing financial hardship.

On 23 February 2023, at a special event at the University of Fribourg honoring his work, former acting general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, delivered a lecture exploring the question: “What future for the ecumenical movement?”

Statement of the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay welcoming the visits of Pope Francis to the Democratic Republic of Congo and with Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, and Rt. Rev. Iain Greenshields, moderator of the general assembly of the Church of Scotland, to South Sudan on 3- 5 February,

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay denounced a bomb attack that killed 17 members of the parish of the 8th Community of Pentecostal Churches of Congo on 15 January.

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay denounced continuing attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Russia’s ongoing illegal war against the people of Ukraine.

World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed grave concern over continued recurrent attacks by Russian forces on energy facilities and other civilian infrastructure and areas in Ukraine, including most recently a maternity unit in which a newborn baby was killed.

Statement on attacks by Myanmar military on theological seminary and churches in Kachin and Kayah States by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA).