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“We have found reasons to hope for the re-development of the Ecumenical Centre and its surrounding property in ways that will be beneficial to the work of WCC, to tenants in this location, to the community in Grand-Saconnex and to the vision for the international zone as a Jardin des Nations,” WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit said in his welcoming remarks at the award ceremony for the winning design for the development of the Ecumenical Centre and WCC offices as well as runner-up projects.

Speech of the general secretary of the World Council of Churches, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, to the WCC 10th Assembly

The WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse message at the Tveit Pacem in Terris - 50th Anniversary, The Vatican, 3 October 2013.

Message to Serbian church leaders on 1700th anniversary celebrations of Roman Emperor Constantine’s Edict of Milan, 3 October 2013.

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.

Greetings by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary, to the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Pittsburgh, PA, United States on 15 August 2013.

Speech of the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit at the DIAKONIA 21st World Assembly in Berlin, Germany on 1 July addressing the theme “Diaconia – Healing and Wholeness for the World”.

Speech by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary, at "Opportunities and Challenges for the 21st Century: Search for New Paradigm" A comprehensive framework for global Economy - Ecology - Education - Health - Security - Governance, at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Council Chamber, Palais des Nations, Monday, 3 June 2013

Speech by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary, at the United Nations conference on opportunities and challenges for the 21st century

Greetings from the general secretary of the World Council of Churches to the first synod of the United Protestant Church of France

The World Council of Churches would like to express its concern on the methodology followed and on the reliability of the results of the 2011 Census in Albania, regarding the optional question of religious affiliation. The latest official report of INSTAT, regarding the religious identity of the population, from the 2011 Census declares that Orthodox Christians in Albania are 6.75% and that the overall number of Christians has been drastically reduced from 31% to 17%.

Speech by the WCC general secretary to the Pre-Assembly for Specialized Ministries at Ecumenical Institute, Bossey 18-19 April 2013

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

“This long-overdue act of international governance means that people in many parts of the world who live in fear for their lives will eventually be safer,” the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit said, commenting on the Arms Trade Treaty adopted on 2 April 2013, voted by 155 countries at the United Nations in New York, United States.

Letter to H.B. Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II Church of Cyprus

Congratulatory letter from the WCC general secretary to US president Barack Obama upon his re-election

The Unity We Seek: Reflections on Ecumenism Today. by Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, WCC general secretary, Aberystwyth, Wales, U.K. – Saturday 13 October 2012

WCC General Secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit
Greetings to the CPCE General Assembly, 21 September 2012, Florence, Italy

Letter concerning the situation in Syria sent by the WCC general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit to the UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon

WCC general secretary's message to the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and Peoples’ Summit