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ACNS4683 Consultation maps out future operations of Anglican Refugee 
and Migrant Network

Consultation maps out future operations of Anglican Refugee and Migrant
Network

Posted On : February 12, 2010 2:52 PM | Posted By : Webmaster
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Representatives of Anglican Churches in Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea
and the United States together with Anglican Church-backed
non-governmental organisations conducted a fruitful discussion to design
the plans and future operations of the Anglican Refugee and Migrant
Network (ARMN) at the Consultation on ARMN held from 11 to 14 January
2010 at St. John's Cathedral in Hong Kong.

At the end of the four-day consultation, representatives endorsed the
general objectives of the ARMN, which are to encourage coordination,
consultation and action on refugee/migration issues with the Anglican
Communion, with partner communions, with ecumenical agencies, and with
governments within their respective Provinces; to alleviate human
suffering; and to determine and eliminate the root causes which lead to
forced migration and create refugees.

To facilitate the work of the ARMN, of which Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
(HKSKH - Province of Hong Kong Anglican/Episcopal Church) would be the
host organisation and managing agent on behalf of the Anglican
Communion, the representatives proposed that a Global Management
Committee be formed to serve as the body that designs and directs the
policies, strategies, and programmes of the network based on the
objectives set.

The Global Management Committee will also be responsible for the hiring
of a Network Coordinator who will be responsible for implementing ARMN
objectives.

Pending the approval of the ACC and/or other mandated bodies, the
organisations that attended the ARMN Consultation in Hong Kong will
serve as the Provisional Global Management Committee.

An Executive Committee composed of HKSKH, Dean of St. John's Cathedral,
the Mission For Migrant Workers in Hong Kong (MFMW) and the Asia Pacific
Mission for Migrants (APMM) will be formed to supervise the day-to-day
operations of the network through the Network Coordinator.

Hosted by HKSKH, the consultation featured sharing of work on refugees
and migrants by the participants and the finalisation of the concept of
the ARMN and its work to be forwarded to the Anglican Communion Office
for their comments.

Attending the consultation were: the Very Revd Andrew Chan of St. John's
Cathedral (Hong Kong), the Rt Revd David Lai of Taiwan Episcopal Church
(Taiwan), the Revd Joachim Kim of Towards Peace in Korea (South Korea),
Ms. Deborah Stein of Episcopal Migration Ministries (USA), the Revd
Dwight dela Torre (Hong Kong), Ms. Cynthia Abdon-Tellez of the MFMW and
Mr. Ramon Bultron of the Hong Kong-based regional group APMM.

> Issued by:
> The Very Revd Andrew Chan  Chairman
> Consultation on ARMN, Hong Kong
> 20 January 2010

> Media enquiry, please contact:
> Mr Hessler LEE
> Provincial Office
> Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
> Tel: (852) 2526 5355
> Fax: (852) 2521 2199
> Email: hessler.lee@hkskh.org

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