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Following a closed session in which two candidates for the position of WCC general secretary were presented to the Central Committee, the body's moderator, His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia, released the names of the candidates.

The World Council of Churches' (WCC) Central Committee received into the fellowship one joint church membership and six ecumenical organisations in actions on Tuesday, 26 September.

Cf. WCC Press Release PR-03-01, of 17 January 2003

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Cf. WCC Press Release, PR-03-08 of 3 February 2003

"Fifty percent of the children born in my country are born into poor homes," said Mariana Berger. "We don't want to be part of the causes that make the lives of other people in the world miserable," said Arnhild Helgesen. Mariana is from Uruguay and Arnhild is from Norway. The two young people were taking part in a discussion at the workshop on youth and globalization organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) at the third World Social Forum.

Forging a common and consistent response by churches to the threat of military action in Iraq is the goal of an urgent one-day meeting by European church leaders scheduled for Wednesday, 5 February, in Berlin. The meeting is convened by the World Council of Churches (WCC), following an initiative by the Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD), and in consultation with the Conference of European Churches (CEC).

Cf. WCC Press Release PR-02-06, of 11 February 2002

Issued jointly with the Conference of European Churches (CEC)

cf. WCC Press Release, PR-02-23.08e of 2 September 2002

The World Council of Churches (WCC) will be hosting an international consultation on "Christians and Muslims in dialogue and beyond". The three-day consultation will take place from 16-18 October 2002 at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.