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Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Conference of the Initiative of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for Inter-Religious Dialogue and its Impact in Disseminating Human Values by Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia.

Letter to the members of the Greenland Dialogue by WCC general secretary Kobia.

In a public statement marking the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, Kobia stressed that the complexity of today's armed conflicts requires the international community to think of new ways to strengthen effective mechanisms to ensure respect for the Geneva Conventions.

The World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia appeals to Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari to "ensure the safety and security" of Christians in the Punjab province, where three attacks against Christian communities were carried by militant Islamic groups in the last two months. He also demands that the government "take necessary actions against the perpetrators".

Message to the 13th Assembly of the Conference of European Churches, Lyon, France, 15-21 July 2009

Public statement on the Russia-United States nuclear agreement

Congratulation letter to Rev. Dr Moiseraele Prince Dibeela who was appointed as moderator to lead the Council for World Mission Trustee Body for the next three years.

Speech of WCC general secretary Samuel Kobia at the Kazakhstan Third Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.

Opening Sermon at Thanksgiving Worship, Doorn, Utrecht, Holland, 14 June.

Greeting on the 20th anniversary of the First European Ecumenical Assembly, Basel

"Warmest congratulations" were expressed by the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia to the Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh, who has begun his second tenure in the post. In a 25 May letter to Singh, Kobia wrote: "Your return to power as Prime Minster, with a clear mandate, gives the people of India confidence that your much-valued assurances of India’s secular democratic principles will be upheld and that all people in your great nation – the poorest of the poor, and those who experience discrimination on the basis of caste or religion – will find protection and dignity".

The World Council of Churches is deeply troubled by North Korea's nuclear test and profoundly concerned for the people of North Korea and surrounding countries, none of whose interests are served by this tragic failure of international relations.

Congratulatory letter by Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, general secretary of the WCC, to Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, Legate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern) and President of the National Council of Churches USA, who was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor on Saturday, 9 May 2009.

tings of Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, general secretary of the WCC, to the International Conference dedicated to late Fr Prof. Dr Ion Bria
Sibiu, May 2009

Greetings to the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan on the occassion of its 54th General Assembly.