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WCC held International Peace Conference in the Middle East


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Content preview: Representative of Christian churches and church related organizations

all over the world met in Amman -­ Jordan (17-21 June 2007) at the call of

the World Council of Churches to launch the ?Palestine Israel Ecumenical

Forum?. The conference convened to mark the 40th years of Israel occupation

to Palestine. According to the WCC Central Committee decision, the Forum

was an instrument to ?catalyze and coordinate new and existing church advocacy

for peace, aimed at ending the illegal occupation in accordance with UN resolutions,

and demonstrate its commitment to inter-religious action for peace and justice

that serves all the peoples of the region?. The Forum as such will be a space

to develop comprehensive approaches for peace building that could help in

ending the occupation, strengthening and identifying new models of church

solidarity in action, and develop a long-term advocacy strategy. The MECC

was represented by its General Secretary and the director of International

Relations and the director of MECC Amman office who coordinated the overall

preparations for the conference. The General Secretary addressed the conference

at the opening session by confirming the stands of MECC of ?supporting the

calls of the Heads of Churches in Palestine for peace and justice, defending

the right of Palestinians of self-determination, and the right of refugees

return?. The General Secretary expressed the MECC ?deep concern about the

situation of Christians in the Holy Land and urges the world to contribute

effectively towards the implementation of UN resolutions which may bring

peace to the Middle East region. HRH Prince Gazi Bin Mohammad received the

WCC General Secretary accompanied by the MECC General Secretary and another

six WCC representatives on behalf of His Majesty King Abdullah II. They discussed

the objectives of the WCC Peace Conference, and the final statement, HRH

Prince Gazi fully supported the mission of the WCC. Following an Orthodox

Vesper prayer, eighty WCC participants visited the Baptism Site at the Jordan

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Representative of Christian churches and church related organizations all over the world met in Amman -=AD Jordan (17-21 June 2007) at the call of the World Council of Churches to launch the =93Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum=94 . The conference convened to mark the 40th years of Israel occupation to Palestine. According to the WCC Central Committee decision, the Forum was an instrumen t to =93catalyze and coordinate new and existing church advocacy for peace, aimed at ending the illegal occupation in accordance with UN resolutions, and demonstrate its commitment to inter-religious action for peace and justice that serves all the peoples of the region=94. The Forum as such will be a space to develop comprehensive approaches for peace building that could help in ending the occupation, strengthening and identifying new models of church solidarity in action, and develop a long-term advocacy strategy. The MECC was represented by its General Secretary and the director of International Relations and the director of MECC Amman office who coordinated the overall preparations for the conference. The General Secretary addressed the conference at the opening session by confirming the stands of MECC of =93supporting the calls of the Heads of Churches in Palestine for peace and justice, defending the right of Palestinians of self-determination, and the right of refugees return=94. The General Secretar y expressed the MECC =93deep concern about the situation of Christians in the Holy Land and urges the world to contribute effectively towards the implementation of UN resolutions which may bring peace to the Middle East region. HRH Prince Gazi Bin Mohammad received the WCC General Secretary accompanied by the MECC General Secretary and another six WCC representatives on behalf of His Majesty King Abdullah II. They discussed the objectives of the WCC Peace Conference, and the final statement, HRH Prince Gazi fully supported the mission of the WCC. Following an Orthodox Vesper prayer, eighty WCC participants visited the Baptism Site at the Jordan River and planted an =93olive tree of peace=94 at th e site to commemorate the occasion. For further information contact: mecc@cyberia.net.lb, wafa_mecc@go.com.jo, www.wcc-coe.org <http://www.wcc-coe.org

Middle East Council of Churches Office of International Ecumenical Relations P.O. Box 5376, Beirut, Lebanon

Guirgis Ibrahim Saleh, General Secretary

mecc@cyberia.net.lb or guirgissaleh@cyberia.net.lb

+961-1-353-938 http://www.mec-churches.org/

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