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"Final report of the Special Commission on Orthodox participation in the WCC" : The 60-member Special Commission was created by the WCC's eighth assembly in 1998 in response to mainly Orthodox concerns about participation in the Council. Composed of an equal number of representatives from Orthodox churches and from the other churches belonging to the WCC, the Commission submitted its final report to the central committee in September 2002.

The WCC's eighth Assembly in 1998 discussed a proposal for a forum of Christian churches and ecumenical organizations that would bring together churches participating in the ecumenical movement, e.g. WCC member churches, the Catholic church, other churches, and Evangelical, Pentecostal and Independent churches, as well as ecumenical and para-church organizations.

La Octava Asamblea del CMI (1998) debatió la propuesta de crear un Foro de Iglesias Cristianas y de Organizaciones Ecuménicas, que reuniría a las iglesias que participan en el movimiento ecuménico, como las iglesias miembros del CMI, la Iglesia Católica, otras iglesias y las iglesias evangélicas, pentecostales e independientes, así como a organizaciones ecuménicas y organizaciones relacionadas con las iglesias.

These guidelines - covering the roles of moderators, delegates and participants; setting the agenda; making decisions by consensus and by formal vote; election process; language and other elements - apply to the Assembly and to meetings of all bodies of the WCC.

Estas directrices -que incluyen la función de los moderadores, delegados y participantes; el establecimiento del programa; la toma de decisiones por consenso y por votación formal; el proceso de elección; el idioma y otros asuntos- se aplican a la Asamblea y a las reuniones de todos los órganos del CMI.

A joint consultative group between the WCC and Pentecostal churches was created in response to the mandate of the 1998 WCC Assembly in Zimbabwe. Excerpts from a report on their work from 2000-2005.

At the mid-point of the 2001-2010 Ecumenical Decade to Overcome Violence, this background document raises questions that may allow an interim assessment and points to the course that might be followed during the remaining five years of the Decade.

A mediados del Decenio para Superar la Violencia (2001-2010), este documento de información general plantea cuestiones que tal vez permitan hacer una evaluación provisional e indica el rumbo que podría seguirse durante los cinco años que quedan.

"Call to recommitment at the midterm of the ecumenical Decade to Overcome Violence 2001-2010 - Churches seeking reconciliation and peace" : Five years have passed since the WCC launched the Decade to Overcome Violence 2001-2010. The Assembly will celebrate the achievements to date, make an interim assessment, and refocus the course to be followed during the second half of the Decade. A call to recommitment is part of this process.

"Religious plurality and Christian self-understanding" : The question of the theological approach to religious plurality had been on the agenda of the WCC many times, reaching a certain consensus in 1989 and 1990.1 In recent years, it was felt that this difficult and controversial issue needed to be revisited. The present document is the result of a study process in response to suggestions made in 2002 at the WCC central committee to the three staff teams on Faith and Order, Inter-religious Relations, and Mission and Evangelism, and their respective commissions or advisory bodies.

The WCC's constitution identifies the basis for, and the principles of membership, the purposes and functions, authority, and organization of the Council. Its rules give precise guidance concerning the roles, responsibilities and structure of the Council's various governing bodies, officers, committees, staff and partner organizations, the role of public statements, and the conduct of meetings. The constitution and rules will be submitted to the Assembly for amendment.

La Constitución del CMI identifica la base y los principios para la condición de miembro, los propósitos y funciones, la autoridad y la organización del Consejo. El Reglamento proporciona una orientación precisa en cuanto a las funciones, responsabilidades y estructura de los diversos órganos rectores del Consejo, de los miembros de la Mesa, de los comités, del personal y de las organizaciones asociadas, al papel de las declaraciones públicas y al reglamento de las reuniones. Las enmiendas a la Constitución y al Reglamento serán sometidas a la Asamblea.