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WCC co-sponsored side event at UN General Assembly tackles faith, ethics, and AI

A hybrid event on 25 September aimed at enhancing understanding among religious communities, civil society, and policymakers regarding the ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence (AI), with a particular focus on issues related to peace, security, and the disarmament of autonomous weapons systems.

26 September 2024

Feature story

In New York City, WCC will impact many facets of UN Summit of the Future

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will be involved in several events unfolding in New York City from 22-28 September as the United Nations Summit of the Future convene.

19 September 2024

Faith communities take a stand against lethal autonomous weapons

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.

28 August 2024

Dialogue on killer robots will offer faith-based lens

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.

21 August 2024

Event

An Interfaith Dialogue on Killer Robots

27 August 2024

Room XXIII, Palais des Nations, and online

Am Internationalen Tag der Jugend haben junge Erwachsene eine klare Botschaft: Wir engagieren uns leidenschaftlich für den Frieden

Am 12. August haben junge Menschen weltweit am Ökumenischen Internationalen Tag der Jugend des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK) teilgenommen, der sich unter dem Thema „Eine Reise der Gerechtigkeit, des Friedens und der Einheit: Ein Aufruf zur Beendigung der Gewalt“ versammelt hat. Diese Online-Veranstaltung hat die Erfahrungen und die Widerstandskraft junger Menschen und Kinder in den Mittelpunkt gestellt, die inmitten von Konflikten leben, und darauf aufmerksam gemacht, wie übermächtig der Wunsch nach Frieden und Unterstützung ist.

15 August 2024

On International Youth Day, young people send clear message: we are strong peace-builders

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.

14 August 2024

Drei ÖRK-Kommissionen wählen stellvertretende Vorsitzende

Drei Kommissionen des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK), die sich diese Woche versammeln, haben stellvertretende Vorsitzende gewählt.

14 March 2024

Three WCC commissions elect vice moderators

Three World Council of Churches (WCC) commissions meeting this week at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva have elected vice moderators.

08 March 2024

WCC submits comments on draft UN “Pact for the Future”

The World Council of Churches (WCC), on 12 February, submitted comments to the zero draft of the “Pact for the Future,” the envisaged outcome of the UN Summit for the Future.

12 February 2024

Statement on the Unregulated Development of Artificial Intelligence

Statement on the Unregulated Development of Artificial Intelligence by the WCC central committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-27 June 2023.

27 June 2023

Statement on the Unregulated Development of Artificial Intelligence

Statement on the Unregulated Development of Artificial Intelligence by the WCC central committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-27 June 2023.

27 June 2023

Statement on the Unregulated Development of Artificial Intelligence

Statement on the Unregulated Development of Artificial Intelligence by the WCC central committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-27 June 2023.

27 June 2023

Statement on the Unregulated Development of Artificial Intelligence

Statement on the Unregulated Development of Artificial Intelligence by the WCC central committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-27 June 2023.

26 June 2023

Stop Killer Robots Campaign in front of the United Nations in Geneva

WCC joins other organizations in interfaith statement supporting Campaign to Stop Killer Robots

The World Council of Churches joined other global and regional groups in delivering to the UN an interfaith statement in support of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots.

17 May 2023

Statement of the inter-faith group of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, May 2023

In February 2023, members of the Stop Killer Robots coalition met in Costa Rica to consider the impact of digital dehumanisation - a process in which humans are reduced to data points, on which decisions are made which can negatively impact us. The potential of such automated harm includes injury or death from the use of autonomous weapon systems.

17 May 2023

WCC Programmes

Feature story

How to stop killer robots: Technology is outpacing diplomacy at UN talks

The year 2023 marks a decade of diplomatic debate about autonomous weapons – so-called ‘killer robots’. This decade has also seen accelerating development of such weapons systems in a number of countries. But efforts in the context of the Convention on Certain Conventional

05 April 2023

NEUE UND AUFKOMMENDE TECHNOLOGIEN, ETHISCHE HERAUSFORDERUNGEN (Erklärung)

Er liebt Gerechtigkeit und Recht; die Erde ist voll der Güte des HERRN. (Psalm 33,5)

Neue Technologien verändern unsere Welt und die zahlreichen Räume, in denen wir leben, arbeiten und Zeugnis ablegen. Diese Technologien bieten uns neue Möglichkeiten zu schaffen, zu heilen, zu kommunizieren und uns in der Welt zu bewegen. Viele dieser Technologien bieten zwar zweifellos tatsächliche oder potenzielle Vorteile für das menschliche Wohlergehen, haben aber auch Bedenken hinsichtlich ihrer sozialen und ökologischen Auswirkungen sowie ethischen Folgen geweckt, insbesondere angesichts der Schnelligkeit ihrer Entwicklung und Anwendung.

17 November 2022

Executive committee