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A 18-person delegation from the Church of Norway Council on Ecumenical and International Relations visited the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey and World Council of Churches (WCC) from 23-25 September.

The World Jewish Congress hosted a UN Human Rights Council side event, “Fighting Antisemitism through Peer-to-Peer Learning," on 24 September.

World Council of Churches (WCC) moderator Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm is participating in an international peace meeting hosted by the St Egidio community and Archdiocese of Paris from 22-24 September. 

World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay sent greetings to the gathering for the Moster 2024 Jubilee in Norway on 1 June. “I offer a special greeting to Presiding Bishop Olav Fykse Tveit, our former WCC general secretary,” said Pillay. “Moster 2024 celebrates the advent of law in Norway, brought in the name of Christianity through King Olav II’s assembly of bishops in Moster a thousand years ago.”

A strategic discussion with the general secretaries of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and ACT Alliance marked the closing of “Working Together,” the annual meeting between specialized ministries and the WCC

World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay met in Bogota, Colombia, with representatives of embassies of Switzerland, Norway, Germany, and the diplomatic service of the European Union for a conversation on the role of the international community in the peace process in the country.

The World Council of Churches (WCC), in collaboration with the Anglican Consultative Council, South African Faith Communities Environment Institute, and the Episcopal Church in the USA, hosted a COP28 side event on 6 December.