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["Sheila Mesa" <smm@wcc-coe.org>]

World Council of Churches
Update, Up-00-19
For Immediate Use
21 June 2000

On the occasion of Geneva 2000, Kofi Annan will attend the service of worship held in Saint-Pierre Cathedral on Sunday 25 June

cf.  WCC Press Release, PR-00-18, of 20 June 2000

On the occasion of the extraordinary session of the United Nations General Assembly on social development, the secretary-general of the United Nations Organization, Kofi Annan, and Abbé Pierre will attend a service to be held in Saint-Pierre Cathedral, Geneva, on Sunday 25 June, at 10 a.m.  This service will be organized in close cooperation with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and will be attended in a spirit of solidarity and prayer by representatives of the Protestant, Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, Orthodox, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Baha'i communities, and other religious congregations present in Geneva.

During the service those present will share in a solemn reading of the Geneva Spiritual Appeal addressed to the world's decision-makers on 24 October 1999, by a number of prominent international personalities from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds.   

For further information, please contact:

John Grinling, Information Officer, Eglise nationale protestante de Genève
Tel: (+41.22) 311.85.33
 
Karin Achtelstetter, WCC Media Relations Officer
Tel:  (+41.22) 791.61.53   	Mobile:  (+41) 79.284.52.12
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