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In the wake of severe flooding in the Taquari Valley, Brazil, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed sorrow and concern for the people affected.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) expresses grief and solidarity in a letter to the churches and communities in Maui, Hawaii (USA), as the death toll continues to rise in the wake of wildfires in Hawaii.

Pastoral letter by Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, World Council of Churches general secretary to the Churches and people of Rwanda after floods kill 130 people.

In a letter to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, and Volodymyr Oleksandrovytch Zelensky, president of Ukraine, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca urged the leaders to listen to the cries of their own faithful people.

In a response to a letter from First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska, World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca expressed both his appreciation for her candid reflections as well as his own pain at the ongoing and increasingly grave humanitarian consequences of the conflict.

Pastoral letter from Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca, acting general secretary, World Council of Churches, following the eruption of Mount Semeru in East Java Province, Indonesia, on the 4th of December 2021

Letter by WCC Acting General Secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca to Rev. Prof. Dr h.c. Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel, thanking her for faithful service to the Ecumenical Movement.

Message of solidarity to the WCC member churches in the Netherlands over Malaysia Airlines disaster by Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, WCC associate general secretary for Public Witness and Diakonia.

The WCC's constitution identifies the basis for, and the principles of membership, the purposes and functions, authority, and organization of the Council. Its rules give precise guidance concerning the roles, responsibilities and structure of the Council's various governing bodies, officers, committees, staff and partner organizations, the role of public statements, and the conduct of meetings. The constitution and rules will be submitted to the Assembly for amendment.

Guidelines (working document) 2005

El Señor Dios es el creador del cielo y de la tierra; el creador de todas las formas de vida de nuestra comunidad terrestre. Él creó toda la vida y todo era bueno. En la época actual del VIH/SIDA, ve la miseria de su pueblo infectado y afectado por esta enfermedad; ha escuchado su lamento a causa de esta epidemia. Conoce su sufrimiento y ha venido a liberarlos del VIH/SIDA. De modo que nos llama a acercarnos a los infectados y a los afectados para rescatar a su pueblo, su creación, de la epidemia del VIH/SIDA. Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda el África, Pacto sobre el VIH/SIDA, Octava Asamblea General de la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda el África, Yaoundé (Camerún), 22-27 noviembre 2003.