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Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the WCC central committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-27 June 2023.

27 June 2023

Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the WCC central committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-27 June 2023.

27 June 2023

Statement on the 70th Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement

Statement on the 70th Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement by the WCC central committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-27 June 2023.

26 June 2023

Situation in Myanmar increasingly dismaying, WCC central committee states

The situation for people in Myanmar—including more than one million ethnic Rohingyas—is increasingly concerning, as expressed in the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee minute.

26 June 2023

Minute on the situation in Myanmar

26 June 2023

Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the WCC central committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 21-27 June 2023.

26 June 2023

WCC statement marks 75th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The World Council of Churches (WCC) marked the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a public statement that acknowledges the shared values that underpin both the declaration and the WCC, also marking its own 75th year in existence.

26 June 2023

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Experiencing and Connecting at the WCC Central Committee Meeting

At a WCC central committee meeting, members spend hours in plenary dealing with dozens of reports, developing documents, deliberating, discussing, and sometimes differing from each other. But there are also moments during breaks and on their way through the foyer where they enter another part of the life of the WCC.

26 June 2023

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Unity, diversity, shared resources, companionship dissected by WCC’s central committee

The World Council of Churches (WCC) seeks to create a world treating everyone with dignity and where peace prevails, and the Christian faith stands united in witness to God's love and mercy, a Greek Orthodox leader from the United States said in Geneva this week.

24 June 2023

Climate change comes under churches' microscope as a justice issue

The climate emergency is already causing serious food insecurity on a global scale, members of the World Council of Churches (WCC) central committee heard at a plenary session on 23 June—and they added that climate justice is a matter of both faith and action.

24 June 2023

Report

Report of the General Secretary to the WCC Central Committee, June 2023

Report of the WCC general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay to the WCC Central Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, 21 - 27 June 2023.

21 June 2023

Report

Moderator’s Address to the Central Committee, June 2023

Address of Bishop Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, moderator of the World Council of Churches central committee, at the WCC central committee meeting on 21-27 June 2023.

21 June 2023

ÖRK betont die Dringlichkeit einer robusten globalen Bestandsaufnahme, um Auswirkungen des Klimawandels entgegenzuwirken

Der Ökumenischer Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) versammelte sich am 5. Juni zusammen mit dem Lutheranischen Weltbund (LWB), Soka Gakkai International und Brahma Kumaris in Bonn, Deutschland zu einem Nebenevent mit dem Titel „Deliver climate action: Support a Robust Global Stocktake from a human rights and Ethical perspective“ (Effektiver Klimaschutz: Unterstützung einer robusten globalen Bestandsaufnahme aus menschenrechtlicher und ethischer Perspektive). Beim Event versammelten sich Expertinnen und Experten sowie Stakeholder und betonten, wie wichtig es sei, bei der nächsten globalen Bestandsaufnahme Menschenrechte, ethische Faktoren und Klimaschutz zu berücksichtigen.

19 June 2023

WCC highlights urgent need for a robust Global Stocktake to address climate change impacts

The World Council of Churches (WCC), in collaboration with the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Soka Gakkai International, and Brahma Kumaris, convened a side event titled "Deliver climate action: Support a Robust Global Stocktake from a human rights and Ethical perspective," on 5 June in Bohn, Germany. The event brought together experts and stakeholders to emphasize the importance of integrating human rights, ethical considerations, and climate justice into the forthcoming Global Stocktake process.

14 June 2023