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Monday, June 26, 2006
WCC active at UN Conference to review control of small arms trade
Contact: Katherine Nightingale 917-325-6628
>>> Mr Nobuaki Tanaka and Mr Daniel Prins
to speak at 26 June multi-religious service
at Church Center for the UN (18:30)
>>> Bishop Denis Sengulane and ambassador Didier Destremau
to participate in 27 June debate on ethical dilemmas
at Dag Hammarskjold Library at the UN (13:15-14:45)
A multi-religious prayer service and a debate on ethical dilemmas in micro-disarmament are being organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) within the framework of the UN Review Conference on the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons taking place in New York from 26 June - 7 July 2006.
In addition to representatives from different faith communities, speakers at the 26 June multi-religious service include UN under-secretary-general for disarmament, Mr Nobuaki Tanaka, and Mr Daniel Prins, deputy head of mission of the Netherlands delegation to the UN conference.
The service is being co-sponsored by the WCC with the World Conference of Religions for Peace, the Anglican observer to the UN, and the Office of the Church Center for the UN (CCUN), and is being held in the CCUN's Tillman Chapel, beginning at 18:30.
At the 27 June debate, Bishop Denis Sengulane of Mozambique, Caritas Internationalis leader and former French ambassador Didier Destremau, representatives of the Ecumenical Network on Small Arms and invited diplomats will discuss the ongoing and future ethical dilemmas in micro-disarmament in general, and the arms trade in particular.
This WCC-organized event takes place in the Dag Hammarskjold Library at the UN from 13:15-14:45.
More information on the action of NGOs at the UN Review Conference is available on the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) website
www.iansa.org
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>>> Mr Nobuaki Tanaka and Mr Daniel Prins
to speak at 26 June multi-religious service
at Church Center for the UN (18:30)
>>> Bishop Denis Sengulane and ambassador Didier Destremau
to participate in 27 June debate on ethical dilemmas
at Dag Hammarskjold Library at the UN (13:15-14:45)
A multi-religious prayer service and a debate on ethical dilemmas in micro-disarmament are being organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) within the framework of the UN Review Conference on the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons taking place in New York from 26 June - 7 July 2006.
In addition to representatives from different faith communities, speakers at the 26 June multi-religious service include UN under-secretary-general for disarmament, Mr Nobuaki Tanaka, and Mr Daniel Prins, deputy head of mission of the Netherlands delegation to the UN conference.
The service is being co-sponsored by the WCC with the World Conference of Religions for Peace, the Anglican observer to the UN, and the Office of the Church Center for the UN (CCUN), and is being held in the CCUN's Tillman Chapel, beginning at 18:30.
At the 27 June debate, Bishop Denis Sengulane of Mozambique, Caritas Internationalis leader and former French ambassador Didier Destremau, representatives of the Ecumenical Network on Small Arms and invited diplomats will discuss the ongoing and future ethical dilemmas in micro-disarmament in general, and the arms trade in particular.
This WCC-organized event takes place in the Dag Hammarskjold Library at the UN from 13:15-14:45.
More information on the action of NGOs at the UN Review Conference is available on the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) website
www.iansa.org
World Council of Churches
http://www.oikoumene.org
Sign up for WCC press releases at
http://onlineservices.wcc-coe.org/pressnames.nsf
The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 348 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 560 million Christians in over 110 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, from the Methodist Church in Kenya. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
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