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Abolition 2000, a coalition of some 2,000 organizations that want to abolish nuclear weapons met in Geneva on 16 September.

Can you imagine a world without nuclear weapons?

By Jonathan Frerichs (*)

03 October 2011

Statement on a call to promote peace and human security in Somalia

Public statement by the WCC Executive Committee at its meeting held 12-16 September in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

17 September 2011

Executive committee

Participants at the WCC-CCA Consultation on Peace and Security in Asia, Photo: CCA.

Priorities for joint ecumenical actions to ensure Asia’s peace and security

Serious issues that threaten Asiaâs peace and security have been recognized by an ecumenical consultation that was organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Christian Conference of Asia. The event was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 2 to 6 August.

11 August 2011

We cannot live with such dangers

World Council of Churches' general secretary statement on the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 6 and 9 August 1945.

07 August 2011

Communiqué on peace and security in Asia

Church and ecumenical leaders from Asia gathered at the Bangkok Christian Guest House in Thailand from 2 to 5 August 2011, on the invitation of the WCC and CCA, to address emerging concerns in Asia, with a thematic focus on Peace and Security in Asia: Ecumenical Responses.

05 August 2011

WCC Programmes

From left: Kjell Magne Bondevik, Christiane Agboton-Johnson, Archbishop Avak Asadourian

What does “God's security” look like?

As a 10-year-old schoolgirl, on 6 August 1945, at 8:15 a.m., Setsuko Thurlow, then Nakamura, suddenly saw a brilliant bluish light flash outside her schoolroom window. âI remember the sensation of floating in the air. When I regained consciousness, in the total darkness and silence, I found myself in the rubble.â

24 May 2011

From Chernobyl to tsunami stones: Life-saving lessons on peace convocation agenda

The Chernobyl disaster of 25 years ago remains a human and environmental tragedy so severe the consequences will continue for centuries. Its anniversary this week is especially timely given the current emergency in Japan which echoes some of Chernobylâs hard lessons. To learn them would honour those who suffer from the past and could save lives in the future.

26 April 2011

Follow-up on the adoption of NATO's Strategic Concept

Following up on their earlier calls for nuclear disarmament, four global, regional and national ecumenical organizations told leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union and Russia that NATO and its member states should seize the opportunity of the Defence and Deterrence Review in 2011 to take bold steps and end the anachronistic policy of nuclear sharing including the deployment of United States tactical nuclear weapons in Europe.

17 March 2011

Ecumenical movement

Churches urge NATO to remove all nuclear weapons from Europe

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and church organizations on both sides of the Atlantic are urging NATO to remove all United States nuclear weapons still based in Europe and end their role in the allianceâs policy. The 200 or so nuclear weapons involved are âremnants of Cold War strategiesâ the ecumenical organizations say in joint letters. âNATO should rethink deterrence and security cooperation in Europeâ, they say, and make good on NATOâs new commitment last year to âcreating the conditions for a world without nuclear weaponsâ.

17 March 2011

Statement: public statement

Ratification of new START treaty

Statement on the ratification by the US Senate of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the United States and Russia

23 December 2010

Christian alliance for advocacy marks successes, future challenges

Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) today in Geneva, members and partners recognized past achievements and discussed opportunities and challenges for future coordinated Christian witness for justice.

09 December 2010

Lecture - Speech

To Be One Voice of Advocacy for Peace and Justice

The Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary, delivered a speech to the CCIA meeting in Tirana, Albania, 2-8 October 2010, in which he called on the churches to speak with "one voice of advocacy for peace and justice".

04 October 2010

Conference explores global church's responsibility to confront racism

What does it mean for the church to call for peace in a world where many forms of racism persist? This is one of the questions a World Council of Churches (WCC) conference on racism tried to answer.

08 September 2010

Statement: public statement

65th anniversary of 1st atomic bombings

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit on the anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

05 August 2010

WCC delegate Rev. Dr Michael Kinnamon (left) presents a petition to ban nuclear weapons to Ambassador John Duncan, head of the UK delegation to the 2010 NPT review conference. The petition backed by eight major UK churches urges the UK and other states to "put in place a new legally binding verifiable and universal agreement to eliminate all nuclear weapons".

No ban in sight, but majority puts new pressure on minority’s nuclear weapons

by Jonathan Frerichs*

08 June 2010

Message

United Methodist Women Assembly

Greetings from general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit to the United Methodist Women assembly on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the organization.

30 April 2010

Statement: public statement

US-Russia nuclear arms reduction treaty

The Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit's comment on the signing of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) by Presidents Medvedev and Obama in Prague, 8 April 2010.

08 April 2010

Lecture - Speech

Consultation on the "Peace of the World Free of Nuclear Weapons"

Speech given by Samuel Kobia at the Consultation on the "Peace of the World Free of Nuclear Weapons", organized by the Asia Pacific Graduate School, Korea; the National YMCA of Korea; and the DMZ Society, Hwacheon, Korea.

04 December 2009

Letter

To heads of states/governments involved in the Six Party Talks

Open letter to heads of states and governments involved in the Six-Party Talks related to issues on the Korean peninsula.

12 November 2009