wfn.org | MECC PARTICIPATION AT CCME 17TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN CYPRUS

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The Assembly of Churches Commission for Migration in Europe (CCME) ­ and th e
Central Committee of CEC took place in Paralimni, Cyprus on the 7 ­ 11
October 2008. The meeting was to approve the Memorandum of Understanding
signed by CEC & CCME in 2007, plan and implement the joint focus year on
migration of the churches in Europe in 2010. The Memorandum of Understandin g
between the Churches¹ Commission for Migrants in Europe and the Conference
of European Churches adopted by the CCME Ex-Com and the CEC Central
Committee recommended a campaign to highlight and include migration in the
core work of the churches in Europe: A focal point to make the churches¹
commitment and engagement visible shall be a European Churches year on
migration, in 2010. Priorities and plans for the work of CCME (of CEC) in
the fields of migration and integration, asylum and refugees, and against
racism and discrimination in Europe will be decided as part of CCME¹s work
program and priorities will be submitted to CEC member churches for
consultation and decision at the CEC Assembly in July 2009. However, to
release the focal point of a churches¹ year focusing on migration, detailed
planning and preparation of material will need to be undertaken in 2009 in
order to implement these plans in 2010.
MECC was represented in these meetings by the General Secretary Mr. Guirgis
Saleh who participated at the opening session of the CEC ­ CCME meeting, an d
MECC Diakonia and Social Justice Director Ms. Seta Hadeshian who
participated in this meeting and the CCME General Assembly reporting about
the migration situation in the Middle East.
For more information contact: meccls@cyberia.net.lb

>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/