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Commission on International Affairs

Appeal for peaceful resolution of confrontation in Venezuela

20 January 2003

Commission on International Affairs

Appreciation of decision to commute the death sentence

17 January 2003

WCC applauds US governor's decision on death penalty

The World Council of Churches' Commission of Churches on International Affairs (WCC/CCIA) has today sent a letter to George Ryan, the former governor of Illinois, regarding his decision to commute the death sentences of all the prisoners on death row in the State of Illinois.

17 January 2003

Background document

Walking together towards tomorrow

01 January 2003

WCC Programmes

United States - Congratulations to Jimmy Carter on the award of the Nobel Peace Prize

16 December 2002

General Secretary

Churches called to counter religious intolerance and violence

by Philip Jenks

09 October 2002

WCC convenes international Christian - Muslim consultation

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.

08 October 2002

Statement on the threats of military action against Iraq

26 September 2002

Central Committee

Commission on Faith and Order

Message from the 7th International Consultation of United and Uniting Churches, Driebergen, The Netherlands, 2002

This text is the report from the most recent international consultation of united and uniting churches. Focusing on issues of unity, mission and identity, this text brings the unique perspective and experience of these churches into dialogue with the wider ecumenical movement.

19 September 2002

Report on the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)

04 September 2002

WCC Programmes

Statement on violence in Colombia

02 September 2002

Central Committee

Final report of the membership study group

Final report of the membership study group presented to the WCC Central Committe, September 2002

02 September 2002

Central Committee

US, UK and Canadian church leaders urge a halt to ?rush to war? with Iraq

Thirty-seven church leaders from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada have called upon the US and British governments to use restraint in âthe apparent drift towards military confrontation in Iraqâ.

30 August 2002

WCC Central Committee challenged on globalization and ecumenical vision

Globalization has been cited by the World Council of Churches (WCC) as a prime cause of economic inequality, poverty and political injustice, and the moderator of the WCC Central Committee said Monday (26 August) that the churches must work together to redirect its impact.

27 August 2002

US churches still feel the pain of September 11 but grieve for victims of violence on all sides

cf. WCC Press Release, PR-02-21, of 31 July 2002

08 August 2002

Guide For Reflection: Beyond 11 September: Implications for US Churches and the World

05 August 2002

Ecumenical movement

Churches to consult on "War on Terrorism"

The US-declared war on terrorism, still widely popular in the United States but subject to increasing scepticism elsewhere in the world, will be the focus of an international ecumenical meeting in Washington, D.C., 5-6 August.

31 July 2002