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Communique from EDAN Peru meeting

Communique from seminars and workshops held between 6 to 9 September by Coalition EDAN-MUR, representing Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network in Latin America and Urban and Rural Mission (MUR) of Peru, in Lima and Chiclayo.

09 September 2014

Statement: public statement

Statement towards a Nuclear-free World

Statement towards a nuclear free world, adopted as part of the Report of the Public Issues Committee by the World Council of Churches Central Committee.

07 July 2014

Central Committee

Statement: public statement

Declaración sobre el avance hacia un mundo desnuclearizado

Aprobada por el Comité Central del CMI.

07 July 2014

Central Committee

WCC general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit receiving a gift from a group of children “jeunes parlementaires" (young parliamentarians) in Kinshasa, as a symbolic reminder of Congolese children’s wish for peace.

Congolese churches reflect on “pilgrimage of justice and peace”

National elections, gender-based violence, environmental issues and human rights in the Democratic Republic in Congo (DRC) were in focus during a two-day forum organized by the member churches of the WCC in the DRC.

02 May 2014

Elisabeth Baumgartner of the Swiss Peace Foundation speaking on “Dealing with the past” project at a WCC Archives event in Geneva.

Importance of documentation and archives in dealing with the past

In a talk organized by the Archives of the WCC, Elisabeth Baumgartner, a Swiss lawyer and head of the project “Dealing with the Past” at the Swiss Peace Foundation (swisspeace), stressed the importance of archives and documentation in dealing with the past, which she said is pertinent to the institutional and informal mechanisms seeking justice, reconciliation and conflict resolution.

22 January 2014

An Interview with Bishop Duleep de Chickera

Bishop Duleep Kamil de Chickera was the Anglican Bishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 2001 to 2010. He is an Asian theologian with a profound interest in justice, peace and interfaith collaboration.

08 November 2013

Lee, Jae-joung speaks in Hong Kong at the ecumenical consultation on Asia peace and security.

Former Korean official says peace on Korean peninsula is “need of the hour”

Talk about peace on the Korean peninsula part of discussions at ecumenical consultation on peace and security issues in Asia.

05 June 2013

Address to the United Protestant Church of France synod

Greetings from the general secretary of the World Council of Churches to the first synod of the United Protestant Church of France

14 May 2013

AACC International Symposium 2012

Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, associate general secretary's presentation at the AACC International Symposium 2012

02 December 2012

Ecumenical movement

The Unity We Seek: Reflections on Ecumenism Today, 13 October 2012

The Unity We Seek: Reflections on Ecumenism Today. by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary, Aberystwyth, Wales, U.K. – Saturday 13 October 2012

14 October 2012

Sermon

IV. Statement on the Marikana-Lonmin Massacre in South Africa

Statement on the Marikana-Lonmin Massacre in South Africa, adopted as part of the Report of the Public Issues Committee by the World Council of Churches Central Committee.

04 September 2012

Central Committee

“If we can regulate bananas, we can regulate weapons too” was the message from the ecumenical campaign for Arms Trade Treaty. © Eitan Stern

Church campaigners rally for a strong arms trade treaty

With one month until governments negotiate the first global arms trade treaty, churches from countries most affected by unregulated trade in arms gathered from 29-31 May in Cape Town, South Africa, to make final advocacy plans.

04 June 2012

PEAC delegation visited the area of San Onofre, Colombia, which will receive the first group of ecumenical accompaniers this year.

Implementing PEAC initiatives in Colombia

By Marcelo Schneider (*)

07 May 2012

Report

Report on the inter-religious tensions in Nigeria

Report of the International Joint Delegation of the World Council of Churches and the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought

01 May 2012

Lecture at Korean Association of Theological Schools congress

Perspectives in the light of the forthcoming WCC assembly in Busan

23 March 2012

Speech at St Andrews, Presbyterian Church, Toronto

In a series of visits to the Toronto offices of WCC member churches in Canada, and in a lecture and panel discussion on the evening of Wednesday 14 March, the WCC general secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, explored contemporary hopes and challenges in the pursuit of Christian unity.

14 March 2012

200th anniversary of the University of Oslo

The Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, spoke at the University of Oslo in the context of a series of presentations on justice, peace and the role of religion in global perspective marking the university's 200th anniversary.

21 September 2011

Sermon

Migration and Migrant Workers: Discerning Responses as Churches

Summary of major learnings from the meeting of the Working Group representing the South East Asian, South Asian, Middle East and Gulf regions at Bangkok Christian Guest House, Bangkok, 17-20 July 2011

20 July 2011

Climate Justice and Human Rights

Presentation on Climate Justice and Human Rights by Theodor Rathgeber at the meeting of the WCC Working Group on Climate Change held immediately before the IEPC in Kingston.

17 May 2011