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Former ecumenical accompaniers in front of the EU Commission in Brussels. © Deborah Casalin.

EU asked to honour its position on Israeli settlements

Nine volunteers with the WCC's Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel have met with European Union officials, urging them to honour recently issued guidelines on grants and loans to Israeli settlements.

01 October 2013

Church and ecumenical group visits the European Union in Brussels. Photo by Peter Bronsveld.

Churches urge EU to pressure Pakistan on blasphemy law

Churches and ecumenical groups urge European Union to raise questions with Pakistan government concerning religious intolerance and persecution of religious minorities there.

27 June 2013

Participants of a WCC consultation on EU-US-China-Africa development dialogue in Tanzania. © Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty

Churches engage in development dialogue on Africa

In Africa, trade, aid and investments from the European Union (EU), United States (US) and China have not fully addressed the roots of poverty, inequality and ecological degradation. Churches, therefore, need to engage in a “development dialogue” to support alternative economic agendas, which can help eradicate poverty, while safeguarding Africa’s natural riches.

06 March 2013

WCC consultation to analyze foreign involvement in Africa’s development

How can Africa attain economic liberation, social welfare, as well as ecological protection in partnership with the European Union (EU), United States (US) and China? An ecumenical gathering in Tanzania will address this question by assessing investments in poverty eradication and development in the region.

25 February 2013

From left to right: CEC president Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, WCC deputy general secretary Georges Lemopoulos, CEC general secretary Guy Liagre, WCC general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit, Anna Bjorvatten Tveit, WCC president for Europe Mary Tanner.

CEC and WCC challenge EU to be in solidarity with Greece

[Joint release with the Conference of European Churches (CEC)]

22 November 2012

CEC-WCC open letter to the European Union

Joint letter by the general secretaries of the WCC and the Conference of European Churches to the European Union about the situation in Greece.

21 November 2012

Lecture - Speech

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

Congratulations to European Union, recipient of 2012 Nobel Peace Prize

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has congratulated the European Union for being the recipient of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.

12 October 2012

WCC congratulates European Union for receiving Nobel Peace Prize

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit has congratulated the European Union for being the recipient of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. The EU was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 12 October for its six decades of work in advancing peace and democracy in Europe.

12 October 2012

Message

Greetings to the CPCE General Assembly

WCC General Secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit
Greetings to the CPCE General Assembly, 21 September 2012, Florence, Italy

22 September 2012

Ecumenical accompaniers share updates on Palestinian territory

A group of former ecumenical accompaniers got together to share updates over the situation in occupied Palestinian territory with European Union (EU) officials. They particularly focused on the conditions in so-called Area C of the West bank, which contains most Israeli settlements.

14 June 2012

Call for response to the humanitarian crisis in Libya

The World Council of Churches, together with the Conference of European Churches and the Commission for Migrants in Europe, call for a response to the humanitarian crisis in and around Libya.

02 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

Statement: minute

Protokollpunkt zu den Rechten von Migrant/innen

22 February 2011

Central Committee

Statement: minute

Minute on the Rights of Migrants and Migrant Workers

approved by the WCC Central Committee, meeting in Geneva 16-22 February 2011

22 February 2011

Central Committee

AGAPE Consultation: Budapest Call for Climate Justice

A consultation on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology in Europe organized by the Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the World Council of Churches (WCC) in cooperation with churches in Hungary ended on Friday 12 November 2010 by adopting a "Budapest Call for Climate Justice".

12 November 2010

AGAPE Consultation: Budapest Call for Climate Justice

12 November 2010

European Youth Hearing on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology

In response to the call to raise the voice of young people on climate justice, the young delegates of a WCC-CEC consultation on Poverty, Wealth and Ecology, representing young Christians in Europe through the Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe, World Student Christian Federation Europe Region and SYNDESMOS, the World Fellowship of Orthodox Youth, presented the following contribution to be taken into account in the process of the global ecumenical AGAPE consultation.

12 November 2010