Issues and Events
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Zimbabwe
Letters to President Mbeki, President Kikwete, President Mwanawasa; LWF President’s pastoral letter to Zimbabwe church leaders
LWF Council statement and resolution, 25-30 June 2008
Statement by LWF General Secretary on arms shipment to Zimbabwe, 23 April 2008
Statement by LWF General Secretary on delayed election results in Zimbabwe, 10 April 2008
Letter from LWF General Secretary to President John Kufuor, Chairperson, African Union, 15 March 2007
Climate Change
LWF Council resolution, 25-30 June 2008
Lutheran World Information special on Climate Change
Statement by LWF General Secretary on the UN Climate Change Conference, 5 December 2007
Food Crisis
LWF Council resolution, 25-30 June 2008
"The High Cost of Food: Familiar Refrains in a New Crisis", Thinking it over... series #19, LWF Department of Theology and Studies
For additional resources on the global food crisis:
Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance
UN Human Rights Council Special Session on the food crisis, 22 May 2008
Indigenous Issues
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LWF convened the consultation “Indigenous Communion” in Karasjok, northern Norway, on 20-25 September 2006. Message (español) adopted by consultation.
Letter of support for adoption of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Compilation of LWF 10th Assembly
decisions on indigenous issues
Inter-Faith Action For Peace In Africa
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Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa (IFAPA) Commission was inaugurated by Pres. Paul Kagame in Kigali, Rwanda, in July 2006.
Kopanong Manifesto (français) from Second IFAPA Summit (April 2005).
Declaration (français) and Plan of Action (français) from First Inter-Faith Peace Summit in Africa (Oct. 2002)
Visit the IFAPA Web site
Illegitimate Debt
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LWF, Norwegian Church Aid and Church of Sweden will co-host an International Symposium on Illegitimate Debt on 20-23 October 2008 in Oslo, Norway.
LWF General Secretary's letter to Gordon Brown (français) (español) (Deutsch)
For more information, see the Norwegian Church Aid Report "Defining Illegitimate Debt."
60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights will be marked on 10 December 2008.
LWF Council resolution, 25-30 June 2008
For more information see UDHR 60, the 60th anniversary commemoration Web page of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Gender Equity and Women’s Rights
Women in Church and Society
Churches Say ‘No’ to Violence Against Women
LWF Submission on Women’s Rights in Romania to UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
LWF Submission on Women’s Rights in Venezuela to UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Dalit Liberation
Over 250 million people are victims of discrimination and exclusion based on their social origin and traditional occupation. More…
LWF Council resolution on caste-based discrimination, September 2005
International Dalit Solidarity Network website
UN Human Rights Council
Advocacy paper on review of Special Procedures
Advocacy paper on Universal Periodic Review mechanism
Advocacy paper on expert advice
Read papers by Peter N. Prove on "Reform at the UN" and on the "Commission on Human Rights/Human Rights Council".
For more information on the Human Rights Council, visit the official Human Rights Council Web site. See also the Council Monitor of the International Service for Human Rights.
World Social Forum
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‘Another World is Possible’. More… LWF member churches and field programs participate in World Social Forum 2007 (Nairobi, Kenya, 20-25 January 2007).
Bhutanese Refugees
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Over 100,000 people ‘ethnically cleansed’ out of Bhutan, cared for by LWF in refugee camps in eastern Nepal for more than 15 years. More…
LWF General Secretary’s statement on resettlement of Bhutanese refugees, 15 November 2006.
Globalization and Trade Justice
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Responding to Neoliberal Globalization
Visit the web site of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance global trade campaign.
Read LWF reports from WTO trade talks in Hong Kong and human rights caucus statement (français) (español).
More information on economic globalization and human rights
Israel-Palestine
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ELCJHL Bishop Munib Younan’s statement on Beit Hanoun attack, 9 November 2006
LWF Council resolution on Israel-Palestine, September 2005
More information on Israel and Palestine issues
