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WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit's letter at the death of Archbishop S. Tilewa Johnson, Anglican primate of the Church of the Province of West Africa on 21 January 2014.

Congratulatory message to Rev. Dr Antje Jackelén, Archbishop-elect of the Church of Sweden

Letter to Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif over bomb blasts in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Letter to Kenyan president H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta following the massacre that took place at the Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi beginning 21 September 2013.

Solidarity message to the WCC member churches in Kenya following the massacre that took place at the Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi beginning 21 September 2013.

Letter of solidarity sent to the WCC member churches in Pakistan, National Council of Churches in Pakistan on bombings of the All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Open letter from the WCC General Secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit invoking prayers for peace and condemning chemical weapons and possible military intervention in Syria.

WCC general secretary's letter to the WCC member churches in Egypt calling for prayers for peace and expressing concern over the burning of churches and violence following protests on 14 August.

WCC general secretary's letter to the Roman Catholic archdiocese expressing solidarity and offering prayers to the victims of train derailment in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit offers prayers, condolences and advocacy support for victims of Boston bombing.

In a letter to the Bishop Justin Welby, the WCC general secretary expressed his "warmest congratulations" on the announcement made that morning that the bishop was going to become the next Archbishop of Canterbury.

In a letter to the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit expressed condolences on behalf of the World Council of Churches following the attack on the United Nations House in Abuja, Nigeria, on Friday, 26 August 2011.

The general secretary of the WCC sends his congratulations and profound good wishes to the President of South Soudan, General Salva Kiir Mayardit, on the occasion of his country's independence.

Condolence letter to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon over the killing of eight staff members of the United Nations Operation Centre in northern Afghan.

The general secretary congratulates the congregation of Ontmoetingskerk in Ijsselstein, Netherlands, for becoming the 1000th follower of the World Council of Churches' Twitter feed.

Letter to churches in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March 2011.

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit expresses condolences following the loss of many lives in a bus accident in Sierre, Switzerland.

Pastoral letter to the churches in Aotearoa New Zealand following the devastating earthquake of February 2011.

Condolence letter to WCC member churches in Brazil following the landslides of January 2011 which left more than 800 people dead, another 400 people missing and many more homeless and displaced.

Condolence letter by WCC general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit following the vicious attack on innocent worshippers in the Saints Church in Alexandria, Egypt when a bomb was detonated at the conclusion of the celebration of a New Year's midnight mass. At least 21 people have been killed and more than 80 injured by the attack.