wfn.org | Title: Liberia emergency: WCC call to churches

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World Council of Churches
News Flash 
For immediate release NF-03-16
31 July 2003

WCC asks churches to respond to Liberia emergency

WCC member churches were asked today to urge their governments to support the
immediate deployment of an adequately financed peacekeeping force in Liberia.
In a 31 July message to member churches, WCC acting general secretary William
Temu also asked them to join churches throughout Africa in ecumenical prayer
for peace in Liberia, and to respond generously to Liberia's urgent
humanitarian and relief needs through Action by Churches Together (ACT)
appeal AFLR31. The message follows a 13 June letter from WCC general
secretary Konrad Raiser to UN secretary-general Kofi Annan stressing the need
for a "credible peacekeeping force" and a lasting ceasefire. 

The full text of the 31 July WCC letter to member churches is available at: 
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/international/liberialet3.html 

The ACT appeal for Liberia is available at: 
http://act-intl.org/appeals/appeals_2003/AFLR31-sum.html 

The previous letter from Konrad Raiser is available at: 
http://www2.wcc-coe.org/pressreleasesen.nsf/index/nf-03-14.html 

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