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AACC to Hold Press Conference on Uprootedness in Africa

In conjunction with a conference on Uprootedness and Governance, the All 
Africa Conference of Churches  (AACC) and the World Council of Churches 
(WCC) will be holding a Press Conference on issues facing refugees in 
Africa and around the Globe at the AACC Headquarters Guest House in 
Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 1:15 PM.

Mr. Polycarp Ochillo, Programme Executive for the Governance, Ethics, and 
Morality Programmes at the AACC, will address the press on the issues 
arising out of this weeklong conference, including:

The links between refugees in Africa and poor governance in many African 
countries
The continuous erosion of resources in the global effort to deal with 
uprooted and internally displaced people.
The Increasing level of intolerance for refugees in Africa among certain 
communities and governments and the ethical and moral questions such 
intolerance raises in the church and secular communities
The need for African governments and the International community to provide 
legal protection for Asylum seekers abroad and refugees within Africa.

In working together on these issues, the AACC and WCC hope to place the 
concerns of refugees in Africa on the world agenda, particularly focusing 
on the Blair Commission s initiative on African development.

Participants in the conference are drawn from individuals based in Central, 
West, Southern, and East Africa, as well as those based in Geneva with the 
WCC, and include eminent scholars from Kenya and across the continent, such 
as George Okoth-Oboo, the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees 
Representative to Kenya.

Members of the press are also invited to attend sessions of this 
Conference.  The Schedule of events is available by contacting the 
Communication and Advocacy Office of the AACC.

If you have any other questions, please Contact Brandon Gilvin or Lucy Ogot 
at the Communication and Advocacy Office of the AACC.

The All Africa Conference of Churches

"The Spiritual Pulse of the African Continent."

Founded in 1963, The All Africa Conference of Churches is an ecumenical 
fellowship representing more than 120 million Christians in 39 African 
countries working to make a difference in the lives of the people of Africa 
through ministries of advocacy and presence on the continental, regional, 
and local levels.