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Patent agreement welcomed as step to improve HIV treatment

As we mark World AIDS Day 2015, the World Council of Churches-Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (WCC-EAA) welcomes a license agreement between the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) for daclatasvir, an important direct acting antiviral that is proven to help cure multiple genotypes of the hepatitis C virus (HCV).

30 November 2015
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A farmer tends to his crops in Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho. © Albin Hillert/WCC

Churches’ Week of Action on Food

15 - 22 October 2017

The Churches’ Week of Action on Food is an opportunity for Christians and others around the world to act together for food justice and food sovereignty. It is a special time to raise awareness about farming approaches that help individuals and communities develop resiliency and combat poverty. The Food for Life Campaign places a particular emphasis on sustainable agricultural practices and the situation of smallholder producers and their access to, and control over, natural resources such as land, water and seeds.

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Un paysan du Honduras. © Paul Jeffrey/EAA/COE

Semaine d’action des Églises pour l’alimentation

15 - 22 October 2017

La Semaine d’action des Églises pour l’alimentation offre aux chrétiens et chrétiennes et à d’autres la possibilité d’agir ensemble en faveur de la justice alimentaire et de la souveraineté alimentaire. Il s’agit d’un moment privilégié pour sensibiliser l’opinion publique aux méthodes agricoles qui permettent de développer la résilience des individus et des communautés et de lutter contre la pauvreté. La Campagne de l’«Alimentation pour la vie» est axée sur les pratiques agricoles durables et la situation des petits paysans, notamment leur accès aux ressources naturelles – terre, eau et semences en particulier – et les moyens d’action qu’ils ont sur celles-ci.

Dans le monde entier
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Members of the EWN’s International Reference Group with the WCC staff members in Geneva. Left to right: Simon Awad, Rommel Linatoc, Isabel Phiri, Veronica Flachier, Susan Smith, Arnold Temple and Dinesh Suna. © WCC/Gerard Scarff

Ecumenical Water Network urges elimination of bottled water

The International Reference Group of the Ecumenical Water Network of the WCC, at the conclusion of its recent meeting in Geneva, urged churches and ecumenical organizations in Europe and North America to consider eliminating the use of bottled water due to its adverse impact on the environment and because it is an impediment to realizing the human right to water.

24 July 2015
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Struggles for Justice in an Ambiguous World

Bible study on 1 Kings 21:1-22 by Sarojini Nadar for the WCC Assembly, 6 November 2013: The story of Naboth’s vineyard challenges the concept of justice in our society. It introduces God’s justice for the affirmation of life, a measure beyond the economic logic of King Ahab in the name of efficiency and productivity. The text can also guide us in dealing with current issues of injustice in the global market and in discerning how to live out God’s justice to safeguard life.

15 July 2013
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Statement to COP18 / UN Climate Change Conference Doha

On 7 December at the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), while no agreement has been reached, the World Council of Churches (WCC) delivered a statement to the High-Level Ministerial Segment of COP 18 in Doha, Qatar. The WCC statement delivered to the plenary stressed that “Climate change is happening! It is imperative to act now without more delays in view of the serious and potentially irreversible impacts of climate change.” The statement was read by Metropolitan Serafim of Zimbabwe, from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa.

07 December 2012
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Economy of Life, Justice, and Peace for All: A Call to Action

As a follow-up to the Alternative Globalization Addressing People and Earth (AGAPE) process, which concluded with the AGAPE Call presented at the WCC 9th Assembly in Porto Alegre in 2006, the WCC initiated a programme focused on eradicating poverty, challenging wealth accumulation and safeguarding ecological integrity based on the understanding that Poverty, Wealth and Ecology are integrally related. The AGAPE Call to Action is the result of a six-year process of consultations and regional studies.

20 July 2012
WCC Programmes
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Rev. Gary Harriott, general secretary of the Jamaica Council of Churches and member of the IEPC planning committee.

IEPC plans practical approach to peace

“Tears are not enough.” Fernando Enns spoke that phrase in introductory remarks to the World Council of Churches central committee on 28 August. It was repeated several times during a morning plenary session on the WCC’s upcoming International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC).

28 August 2009