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Speech delivered by Rev. Dr Hielke Wolters, associate general secretary of the WCC at the “Walk of Peace” on 20 September, organized by the Council of Churches in the Netherlands, among others.

Speech delivered by Rev. Dr Hielke Wolters, associate general secretary of the WCC at the “Walk of Peace” on 20 September, organized by the Council of Churches in the Netherlands, among others.

Greetings from the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit for Flensburg and Brekklum events. climate justice initiatives.

Response from EWN on the Encyclical “Laudato si” prepared by the EWN - International Reference Group – 2015

Letter of condolence for Bishop George Ninan by WCC acting general secretary Georges Lemopoulos.

Message of solidarity and condolence regarding the mass killing at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Sermon at the Centennial Commemoration Service of the Armenian Genocide, at the National Cathedral, Washington, DC.

Statement from Cuban Council of Churches, the Latin American Council of Churches, the National Council of Churches USA, and the WCC urging normalization of Cuba-USA relations.

WCC general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit comments on positive developments in relations between Cuba and the USA announced on 17 December 2014.

Speech of Rev. Dr Anders Wejryd, Archbishop emeritus for the WCC consultation and workshop on Peace building and Advocacy for Just Peace, 1-5 December, Sigtuna, Sweden.

Reaction to the decision of the Grand Jury not to indict in the case of the killing of Michael Brown

The statement produced at the Interfaith Summit on Climate Change 2014, presented to the deputy-secretary general of the UN, Jan Eliasson. The Interfaith Summit on Climate Change was hosted by the WCC and Religions for Peace in New York.

Letter from the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit to the Interfaith Partnership of Greater St. Louis calling for an end to conflict in the aftermath of “the tragic killing by a police officer of Michael Brown, an unarmed eighteen-year-old African American man, and the dangerous escalation of violence in the several days following.”

It was nearly 70 years ago on 6 and 9 August 1945 that the atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These are tragedies that are to be remembered and must never happen again, Isabel Apawo Phiri, associate and acting general secretary of the WCC, said.

Statement towards a nuclear free world, adopted as part of the Report of the Public Issues Committee by the World Council of Churches Central Committee.

WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit's greetings to the American Baptist International Ministries and American Baptist Churches, USA, on the occasion of 200th anniversary of the General Missionary Convention.

Statements on the rights of IDPs adopted by the WCC Executive Committee during its meeting from 7 to 12 February 2014 in Bossey and Geneva, Switzerland.

Statement on the use of drones and denial of the right to life adopted by the WCC Executive Committee during its meeting from 7 to 12 February 2014 in Bossey and Geneva, Switzerland.

Adopted by the WCC 10th Assembly as part of the Report of the Public Issues Committee.

Adopted by the WCC 10th Assembly as part of the Report of the Public Issues Committee.