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The Stop Killer Robots Campaign, of which the World Council of Churches (WCC) is an active member, has received the 2024 Golden Dove International Peace Prize. 

World Council of Churches (WCC) moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm is participating in an international peace meeting hosted by the St Egidio community and Archdiocese of Paris from 22-24 September. 

At a conference commemorating the 100th anniversary of the National Council of Churches in Korea, Peter Prove, director of the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, offered remarks as part of a panel discussion on "The Role of the Global Ecumenical Community for A Permanent Peace Regime of the Korean Peninsula.”

The value of human life is priceless, and decisions about life or death cannot be delegated to machines, stated a faith-based dialogue on lethal autonomous weapons at the United Nations in Geneva on 27 August.

Hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and supported by the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, a faith-based dialogue on lethal autonomous weapons will take place at the United Nations in Geneva and online on 27 August. 

On 12 August, young people across the world participated in the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical International Youth Day, which convened under the theme "Journey of Justice, Peace, and Unity: A Call to End Violence." The online event highlighted the experiences and resilience of young people and children living amidst conflict, emphasizing the urgent need for peace and support.

A World Council of Churches (WCC) prayer on 5 August focused on nuclear disarmament as well as on Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and Equatorial Guinea as part of the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle.

The World Council of Churches is inviting all people of goodwill to participate in the Nuclear Prayer Day, to be held 6 August.

As three World Council of Churches commissions—the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, Commission on Health and Healing, and Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development—completed their meeting on 8 March in Geneva, they came away with a sense of collaborative determination to address the world’s challenges with hope and with practical actions. 

Remembrance Day, observed 1 March, is a national holiday in the Marshall Islands that honors victims and survivors of nuclear testing done in the area in the 1950s.

During a visit to Angola held 21-28 January, World Council of Churches (WCC) staff met with local church and community leaders to discuss how preventing obstetric fistula is a matter of human rights.