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 | Geneva, Ecumenical Center: Visit of Pope SHENOUDA III (Egypt) to the WCC.
left: Dr Konrad Raiser (Germany).
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 | Geneva ; Switzerland, 12 June 1984
Pope John Paul II Visits World Council of Churches.
The second visit by the head of the Roman Catholic Church to the Geneva headquarters of the World Council of Churches. Pope Paul VI visited the WCC in 1969.
Pope John Paul II and General Secretary of the WCC Philip Potter. |
 | Geneva ; Switzerland, 12 June 1984
Pope John Paul II Visits World Council of Churches.
The second visit by the head of the Roman Catholic Church to the Geneva headquarters of the World Council of Churches. Pope Paul VI visited the WCC in 1969.
Pope John Paul II and General Secretary of the WCC Philip Potter and Pope John Paul II. |
 | Geneva ; Switzerland, 12 June 1984
Pope John Paul II Visits World Council of Churches.
The second visit by the head of the Roman Catholic Church to the Geneva headquarters of the World Council of Churches. Pope Paul VI visited the WCC in 1969.
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 | Geneva ; Switzerland, 12 June 1984
Pope John Paul II Visits World Council of Churches.
The second visit by the head of the Roman Catholic Church to the Geneva headquarters of the World Council of Churches. Pope Paul VI visited the WCC in 1969.
From left: Pope John Paul II and Rev. Dr Philip Potter, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches and Rt. Rev. Dr Heinz-Joachim Held, moderator of the WCC Central Committee. |
 | Geneva ; Switzerland, 12 June 1984
Pope John Paul II Visits World Council of Churches.
The second visit by the head of the Roman Catholic Church to the Geneva headquarters of the World Council of Churches. Pope Paul VI visited the WCC in 1969.
From left: Pope John Paul II and Rev. Dr Philip Potter, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches . |
 | Geneva ; Switzerland, 12 June 1984
Pope John Paul II Visits World Council of Churches.
The second visit by the head of the Roman Catholic Church to the Geneva headquarters of the World Council of Churches. Pope Paul VI visited the WCC in 1969.
From left: Pope John Paul II and Rev. Dr Philip Potter, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches . |
 | Geneva ; Switzerland, 12 June 1984
Pope John Paul II Visits World Council of Churches.
The second visit by the head of the Roman Catholic Church to the Geneva headquarters of the World Council of Churches. Pope Paul VI visited the WCC in 1969.
The Pope John Paul II signing the WCC guests book. |
 | Geneva ; Switzerland, 12 June 1984
Pope John Paul II Visits World Council of Churches.
The second visit by the head of the Roman Catholic Church to the Geneva headquarters of the World Council of Churches. Pope Paul VI visited the WCC in 1969.
From left: Rev. Dr Philip Potter, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Pope John Paul II and Metropolitan Emilianos Timiades |
 | Geneva ; Switzerland, 12 June 1984
Pope John Paul II Visits World Council of Churches.
The second visit by the head of the Roman Catholic Church to the Geneva headquarters of the World Council of Churches. Pope Paul VI visited the WCC in 1969.
From left: Rev. Dr Philip Potter, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches and Pope John Paul II . |
 | Geneva ; Switzerland, 12 June 1984
Pope John Paul II Visits World Council of Churches.
The second visit by the head of the Roman Catholic Church to the Geneva headquarters of the World Council of Churches. Pope Paul VI visited the WCC in 1969.
Rev. Dr Philip Potter, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches and Pope John Paul II |
 | Düsseldorf: 21, Evangelischer Kirchentag
Center, left to right: Bundespräsident Dr Richard Freiherr von Weizsaecker (Germany) and Dr Konrad Raiser (Germany). |
 | Prague: prisoner in his cell.
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 | Montreux, February 8, 1993: Meeting of H.H. VASKEN I, Supreme Patriarch-Catholicos of All Armenians and H.E. Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pasha-zadeh, Chairman of the Board of Caucasian Muslims. Signing of the joint communique.
L.to r.: Mr J. FISCHER, CEC Gen. Sec., H.H. Patriarch VASKEN I of All Armenians, H.E. Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pasha-zadeh, Dr Konrad RAISER, Gen. Sec. WCC. |
 | The library of the Ecumenical Centre
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 | The library of the Ecumenical Centre
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 | The library of the Ecumenical Centre
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 | Visit to the WCC of KIM Dae Jung ( Korea), June 16.
Here with Dr. Konrad Raiser.
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 | The Fifth World Conference on Faith and Order met in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 3-14 August 1993, around the theme "Towards Koinonia in Faith, Life and Witness".
A highlight of the opening worship service was the traditional swinging around the altar of a "botafumeiro", a large censer suspended by rope from the ceiling. |
 | The Fifth World Conference on Faith and Order met in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 3-14 August 1993, around the theme "Towards Koinonia in Faith, Life and Witness".
Opening worship service at St. James Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela. |
 | Johannesburg. The 45th meeting of the World Council of Churches ' Central Committee met for the first time in South Africa from 20 to 28 January 1994
The Central Committee approved the membership of the Orthodox Church of Albania. ( Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana and All Abania is weclomed by Gen Secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser. |
 | LUANDA has over 3 million inhabitants, more than a third of Angola's population. It is growing rapidly as unrest and civil war in the country continue.
Mine victim with friends in LUENA, Moxico Province, a town in eastern Angola. |
 | LUENA, Moxico Province, people flee the fighting as the war continues. The population has almost doubled and Luena has now 40-50.000 displaced people.
What used to be a school is now a home for displaced people. |
 | LUENA, Moxico Province, people flee the fighting as the war continues. The population has almost doubled and Luena has now 40-50.000 displaced people.
The trains between Luanda and Zambia stopped running many years ago. The railway station and the old trains are now the home of 6-8000 displaced people. |
 | The population of SAURIMO, Lunda Sul Province, has almost doubled to 200.000 as people flee the civil war and former Angolan refugees return from Zaire.
KARLUSSANZE, on the outskirts of SAURIMO, Lunda Sul Province, is a new settlement for 500 families, who were formerly refugees in Zaire. |
 | The population of SAURIMO, Lunda Sul Province, has almost doubled to 200.000 as people flee the civil war and former Angolan refugees return from Zaire.
A few hundred displaced families live in this unfinished appartment block which has no facilities. |
 | LUANDA has more than 3 million inhabitants and is growing rapidly as unrest and civil war continue. Many children have been separated from their families or abandoned.
The Methodist Church provides a few basic facilities like food, tents and medicine to 400 street children who live on the beach in Luanda. |
 | LUANDA.
As the food is loaded at the airport many bags are broken on purpose to let the maize out. |
 | The effects of many years of civil war will be felt long after the fighting stops, as thousands of mines have been laid all over the country and only a few of the mine fields are known.
Viana Rehabilitation Centre in Luanda, one of the three institutions in Angola which provide artificial legs and run rehabilitation sessions. |
 | DUNDO, Lunda Norte Province.
Years of conflict and civil war have left most schools in poor condition. |
 | DUNDO, Lunda Norte Province.
People collecting maize from broken bags as a World Food Program plane unloads supplies at the airport. |
 | Cardinal Jozef GLEMP, The roman Catholic Primat of Poland visited the Ecumenical Center.
Dr. Rev. Konrad Raiser and Cardinal Jozef Glemp. |
 | The Ecumenical Institute of Bossey
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 | The Ecumenical Institute of Bossey
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 | The Ecumenical Institute of Bossey
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 | The Ecumenical Institute of Bossey
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 | The GASH river, which only has water for a few weeks during the rainy season.
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 | The Ecumenical Institute of Bossey
Post-Graduate School 1994-1995
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 | The Ecumenical Institute of Bossey
Post-Graduate School 1994-1995
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 | The Ecumenical Institute of Bossey
Post-Graduate School 1994-1995
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 | The Ecumenical Institute of Bossey
Post-Graduate School 1994-1995
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 | The Ecumenical Institute of Bossey
The Chapel
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 | Children in YAMBIO, a small town in Western Equatoria.
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 | Youth group at the Episcopal Cathedral in YAMBIO, a small town in Western Equatoria.
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 | Medical clinic in YAMBIO, a small town in Western Equatoria.
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 | The hospital in YAMBIO, a small town in Western Equatoria, has no trained doctor, but thanks to donations from abroad provides a greatly needed service to the population of the area.
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 | Imam Hasan Ibahin in front of the Mosque in YAMBIO, in Western Equatoria, built in the early seventies. Today a small Muslim community worships here every Friday.
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 | Years of civil war have left many mine victims in YAMBIO, in Western Equatoria.
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 | Women in GANGURA, a small village south of Yambio, in Western Equatoria.
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 | Worship in the Episcopal Cathedral in YAMBIO, a small town in Western Equatoria.
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 | The Episcopal Cathedral in YAMBIO, a small town in Western Equatoria.
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 | Fetching water is still the duty of women and children in YAMBIO, a small town in Western Equatoria.
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 | Traditional brick making in YAMBIO, a small town in Western Equatoria.
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 | Turkana women during Sunday worship at the Africa Inland Church in Lokichokio, a small town on the border with Sudan.
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 | Child in NARUS, a small town in Eastern Equatoria.
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 | Turkana children during Sunday worship at the Africa Inland Church in Lokichokio, a small town on the border with Sudan.
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 | Medical clinic in NARUS, a small village in Eastern Equatoria.
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 | The school in NARUS, a small village in Eastern Equatoria, has not seen much improvement for years except for some plastic sun- and rain-shields.
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 | School class held in the shadow of a tree in NARUS, a small village in Eastern Equatoria.
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 | School class held in the shadow of a tree in NARUS, a small village in Eastern Equatoria.
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 | Women in NARUS, a small village in Eastern Equatoria.
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 | Small girl in NARUS, a small village in Eastern Equatoria.
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 | A team of US missionaries provides advice and reconciliation in a local tribal conflict in AYOD, a small village in Upper Nile.
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 | AYOD, a small village in Upper Nile.
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 | Medical clinic in AYOD, a small village in Upper Nile.
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 | AYOD, a small village in Upper Nile, was severely damaged during the war.
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 | Rev. Jacob Bol DIEU in AYOD, a small village in Upper Nile.
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 | Vaccination campaign in AYOD, a small village in Upper Nile.
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 | First official visit to the WCC of H.H. ALEXY II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus, during a six-day stay in Switzerland, June 28, 1995.
From left to right: H.H. Patriarch ALEXY II, Metropolitan KIRILL of Smolensk (Russia), and Dr Konrad RAISER (Germany), WCC General Secretary. |
 | First official visit to the WCC of H.H. ALEXY II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus, during a six-day stay in Switzerland, June 28, 1995.
From left to right: Jean FISCHER (Switzerland) CEC General Secretary, Metropolitan KIRILL of Smolinsk (Russia), H.H. Patriarch ALEXY II, and Dr Konrad RAISER (Germany), WCC General Secretary. |
 | First official visit to the WCC of H.H. ALEXY II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus, during a six-day stay in Switzerland, June 28, 1995.
From left to right: Dr Konrad RAISER, WCC General Secretary, H.H. Patriarch ALEXY II, Metropolitan KIRILL of Smolensk. |
 | Dr Konrad Raiser, WCC General Secretary (Germany).
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 | WCC Central Committee Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, September 14-22, 1995. Procession from the Ecumenical Centre to the United Nations Geneva (Palais des Nations) on Thursday, September 21.
The procession was led by H.H. ARAM I, Catholicos of the Armenian Church of Cilicia, and Dr Konrad RAISER, WCC Gen. Sec. At left: Dr Konrad RAISER (Germany), WCC General Secretary. |
 | The Ecumenical Patriarch BARTHOLOMAIOS celebrated a liturgy at St. Paul's church at the Orthodox Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy, Geneva, December 10, 1995, at the occasion of his official visit to Switzerland. BARTHOLOMAIOS, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch.
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 | The Ecumenical Patriarch BARTHOLOMAIOS paid an official visit to the Ecumenical Center, December 11-12, 1995. The Patriarch and his ten-person delegation were received by the WCC, CEC, WARC and LWF.
From left: BARTHOLOMAIOS, Ecumenical Patriarch, receiving a gift from Dr Konrad RAISER, WCC General Secretary. |
 | Mary Chapman school for deaf children in Yangon - one of the few Christian institutions which has been able to continue its work without interruption since its foundation in 1920.
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 | Mary Chapman school for deaf children in Yangon - one of the few Christian institutions which has been able to continue its work without interruption since its foundation in 1920.
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 | Mary Chapman school for deaf children in Yangon - one of the few Christian institutions which has been able to continue its work without interruption since its foundation in 1920.
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 | Hlaing Thayar 30km, west of Yangon, a new settlement for families who have been moved to make room for new development in the centre of Yangon.
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 | Yangon.
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 | Young women are the main labor force on many new road construction sites like this one 60km northeast of Yangon.
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 | Young women are the main labor force on many new road construction sites like this one 60km northeast of Yangon.
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 | Young women are the main labor force on many new road construction sites like this one 60km northeast of Yangon.
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 | Young women are the main labor force on many new road construction sites like this one 60km northeast of Yangon.
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 | Children selling candy in a small town east of Yangon.
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 | Shopkeeper in a small town east of Yangon.
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 | Young women are the main labor force on many new road construction sites like this one 60km northeast of Yangon.
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 | Shwemawdaw Pagoda in Bago, 100km east of Yangon.
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 | Young women are the main labor force on many new road construction sites like this one 60km northeast of Yangon.
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 | Young monk at Shwetharlyaung Buddhist Pergoda in Bago, 100km east of Yangon.
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 | Young girl in Yangon.
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 | Shwetharlyaung reclining Buddha in Bago, 100km east of Yangon.
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 | Karen Baptist Convention's health care centre in Yangon.
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 | Mother with her newborn baby at the Karen Baptist Convention's health care centre in Yangon.
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 | Mother and child care centre in Sakhan Tha, in the suburbs of Yangon.
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 | Parents with their newborn child at Karen Baptist Convention's health care centre in Yangon.
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 | Father with his newborn child at Karen Baptist Convention's Health Care Centre in Yangon.
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 | Mother with her new born child at Karen Baptist Convention's health care centre in Yangon.
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 | Karen Baptist Convention's health care centre in Yangon.
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 | Karen Baptist Convention's health care centre in Yangon.
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 | Myanmar Christian Fellowship of the Blind in Yangon, one of the institutions providing education and training for blind people.
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 | Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.
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 | Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.
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 | Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.
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 | Worship Service in Judson Kachin Baptist Church in Yangon.
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 | Worship Service in Judson Kachin Baptist Church in Yangon.
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 | Young man selling religious literature outside Judson Kachin Baptist Church in Yangon.
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 | Grandmother in Rung Reang Tham, a small village 30km east of Chiang Mai.
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 | Visit to the WCC of His Holiness ILJA II, Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia.
Dr. Konrad Raiser and H.H. Ilja II. |
 | LUENA, Moxico Province, despite the cease-fire, only a few inhabitants have returned home. Luena has still 20-30.000 displaced people.
Food, clothing, tools and other supplies being unloaded from World Food Program plane in Luena Airport. |
 | LUENA, Mine Advisory Group demining team at work on the outskirts of town.
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 | Little boy at a centre for displaced persons managed by Lutheran World Federation/World Service as part of its emergency program.
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 | A shopping street in Monrovia.
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 | Refugee-family from Sierra Leone in a new Ministry of Health Center for Internally Displaced Persons, one of the centers managed by LWF/WS under its emergency program. Most of the refugees are from Sierra Leone.
LWF/WS provides supervisory managerial capacity, delivery food and non- food commodities, primary education and income generation project services. |
 | Fishermen cleaning nets for seaweed on Popo Beach near Monrovia.
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 | Child soldier at Sinyea village in the center of Liberia.
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 | Child soldier at Sinyea village in the center of Liberia.
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 | Child soldier at Sinyea village in the center of Liberia.
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 | Near Monrovia: production of charcoal from palmtrees.
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 | Overcrowed car on the way to Monrovia.
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 | Official visit to the WCC of Karekin I, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church .
The Catholicos and his delegation arriving at the Ecumenical Center. Foreground from left: Mr Jean Fischer, CEC Gen. Secretary, Catholicos Karekin I and Dr. Konrad Raiser, WCC, Gen Scretary. |
 | Ecumenical Institute Bossey. Dr. A. Willem Visert'T Hooft (left), and Dr Konrad Raiser (right).
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 | Worship in the chapel of the Ecumenical Centre
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 | Ecumenical Institute Bossey
Post-Graduate School 1997 |
 | Ecumenical Institute Bossey
Post-Graduate School 1997 |
 | Ecumenical Institute Bossey
Post-Graduate School 1997 |
 | Amsterdam, 19th September 1998. Celebration of the World Council of Churches' fiftieth anniversary at the Old Lutheran Church.
Left to right: Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, WCC General Secretary, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and the Mayor of Amsterdam. |
 | Ecumenical Center, Geneva: Official celebration of the World Council of Churches' 50th anniversary, September 22, 1998.
From left: Dr Konrad RAISER (Germany), WCC General Secretary, and Estela de CARLOTTO (Argentina), President of the "Mothers of Plaza de Mayo" in Buenos Aires. |
 | Ecumenical Center, Geneva: Official celebration of the World Council of Churches' 50th anniversary, September 22, 1998.
From left: Dr Konrad RAISER (Germany), WCC General Secretary, Flavio COTTI (Switzerland), President of the Swiss Confederation, and ARAM I (Lebanon), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Cilicia. |
 | Ecumenical Center, Geneva: Official celebration of the World Council of Churches' 50th anniversary, September 22, 1998.
Archbishop Desmond TUTU (South Africa), President of the South African Commission on Truth and Reconciliation.
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 | More than 1000 women gathered in Harare from 27-30 November 1998 for the Ecumenical Decade Festival which preceded the 8th Assembly of the WCC.
Aruna Gnanadason |
 | Rev. Prof. John S. ROMANIDES (Greece), Church of Greece,
member of the WCC Central Committee, elected by the WCC 8th Assembly, Harare, Zimbabwe, December 1998. |
 | A five-member delegation from the World Council of Churches, headed by the General Secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, visited the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from 17-20 April, 1999.
From left: Dr PARK Kyung Seo, WCC Asia Sec., Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, WCC General Secretary, Rev. KANG Yong-Sop, President of Korean Christian Ferderation, Rev. HWANG Min-Woo Director of International Affairs, KCF. |
 | A five-member delegation from the World Council of Churches, headed by the General Secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, visited the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from 17-20 April, 1999.
From left: WCC General Secretary Rev. Dr Konrad RAISER and President of the Korean Christian Ferderation Rev. KANG Yong-Sup. |
 | WCC Central Committee meeting, Ecumenical Center, Geneva, August 26 - September 3, 1999.
September 1, Press briefing II. From left: Clement JOHN (Pakistan) and Sarah SPEICHER (USA). |
 | The Ecumenical Institute of Bossey
Post-Graduate School 1999
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 | Ecumenical delegation visits Cuba, October 10-18, 1999.
Havanna: visiting the old town. From left: Dr Elisabeth RAISER, Dr Konrad RAISER and Carlos HOM (Cuba), President of the Council of Churches of Cuba. |
 | Jakarta Theological Seminary: WCC General Secretary Konrad Raiser meeting with faculty members.
Rev. Septemmy Euchanstia Lakawa. |
 | Round Table at Jakarta Theological Seminary on the occasion of the visit of WCC General Secretary Konrad Raiser.
Rev. Septemmy Euchanstia Lakawa. |
 | Visit to the WCC of Jose Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize laureate from East Timor, April 12, 2000, Geneva.
From left: José RAMOS-HORTA and Dr Konrad RAISER, WCC General Secretary. |
 | Visit to the WCC of Jose Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize laureate from East Timor, April 12, 2000, Geneva.
From left: Dr Konrad RAISER WCC General Secretary, Jose RAMOS-HORTA and Dwain EPPS, Executive Secretary, WCC International Affairs. |
 | Visit to the WCC of Jose Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize laureate from East Timor, April 12, 2000, Geneva.
From left: Geneviève JACQUES, Consultant on Human Rights, WCC International Affairs, |
 | Visit to the WCC of Jose Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize laureate from East Timor, April 12, 2000, Geneva.
Beth Ferris, Salpy Eskidjian and Geneviève Jacques (all from International Relations, WCC), Nobel Peace Laureate Jose Ramos Horta (East Timor). |
 | Visit to the WCC of Jose Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize laureate from East Timor, April 12, 2000, Geneva.
From left: Jose RAMOS-HORTA and Dr Konrad RAISER, WCC General Secretary, addressing the ecumenical audience. |
 | Visit to the WCC of Jose Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize laureate from East Timor, April 12, 2000, Geneva.
Jose RAMOS-HORTA addressing the Ecumenical Center staff. |
 | Visit to the WCC of Jose Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize laureate from East Timor, April 12, 2000, Geneva.
Jose RAMOS-HORTA addressing the Ecumenical Center staff. |
 | Morges, 11-13 June 2001 Round Table meeting with religious communities of the Republic of Macedonia.
Metropolitan Timotej, Macedonian Orthodox Church and Mr Jagup Selimovski, Director of Religious Affairs (Islamic Union of Macedonia). |
 | Morges, 11-13 June 2001 Round Table meeting with religious communities of the Republic of Macedonia.
Mr Jagup Selimovski, Director of Religious Affairs (Islamic Union of Macedonia) and Metropolitan Timotej, Macedonian Orthodox Church. |
 | Morges, 11-13 June 2001 Round Table meeting with religious communities of the Republic of Macedonia.
Rabin Isak Asiel; Kalin Babusku; Mr Jagup Selimovski, Director of Religious Affairs (Islamic Union of Macedonia); Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Dürres and All Albania, Metropolitan Timotej, Macedonian Orthodox Church. |
 | Morges, 11-13 June 2001 Round Table meeting with religious communities of the Republic of Macedonia.
Metropolitan Timotej, Macedonian Orthodox Church. |
 | Morges, 11-13 June 2001 Round Table meeting with religious communities of the Republic of Macedonia.
Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Dürres and All Albania, General Secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, WCC; Mr Jagup Selimovski, Director of Religious Affairs (Islamic Union of Macedonia). |
 | Morges, 11-13 June 2001 Round Table meeting with religious communities of the Republic of Macedonia.
Mr Iiu Bahri, Director of Skopje Medresa (Islamic Union of Macedonia)
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 | Morges, 11-13 June 2001 Round Table meeting with religious communities of the Republic of Macedonia.
Protopresbyter Ljupcho Dvojakovski, (Macedonian Orthodox Church)
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 | Morges, 11-13 June 2001 Round Table meeting with religious communities of the Republic of Macedonia.
Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Dürres and All Albania, General Secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, WCC; Mr Jagup Selimovski, Director of Religious Affairs (Islamic Union of Macedonia). |
 | Morges, 11-13 June 2001 Round Table meeting with religious communities of the Republic of Macedonia.
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 | Member of the ACT media team boarding a WFP helicopter in Conakry.
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 | Namibian cameraman Leon Engelbrecht.
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 | Aerial shot of Freetown.
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 | Aerial shot of Freetown.
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 | Aerial shot of Freetown.
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 | Camp for amputees and their families in Freetown.
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 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
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 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
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 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
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 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
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 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
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 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
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 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
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 | Camp for amputees and their families in Freetown.
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 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
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 | Girl in Freetown.
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 | Girl in Freetown.
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 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
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 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
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 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
A young woman with her boy friend. |
 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
A young woman with her boy friend. |
 | Children in the Aberdeen camp for amputees and their families in Freetown.
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 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
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 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
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 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
Mamusu Koroma now 12 years, had most of her arm amputated when a rebel group came to her village near Freetown three years ago. |
 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
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 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
Muhamed Sesay 32 years lost both hands about 4 years ago. |
 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
Marie Korma was only three weeks old when she had a hand amputated during a rebel attack on her village near Freetown two years ago. |
 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
Marie Korma was only three weeks old when she had a hand amputated during a rebel attack on her village near Freetown two years ago. |
 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
Marie Korma was only three weeks old when she had a hand amputated during a rebel attack on her village near Freetown two years ago. |
 | Hundreds of men, women and children had their hands amputated by the various rebel groups during the civil war. About 250 have found shelter with their families in this camp in Freetown.
Marie Korma was only three weeks old when she had a hand amputated during a rebel attack on her village near Freetown two years ago. |
 | Freetown.
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 | In an attempt to integrate ex-combatants into society, the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation is engaged in a major training and development programme supported by many NGOs.
Newly-issued ID card for ex-combatants that gives them access to various benefits and allows them to move around the country. |
 | In an attempt to integrate ex-combatants into society, the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation is engaged in a major training and development programme supported by many NGOs.
Ex-combatants proudly showing their new ID cards which give them access to various benefits and allow them to move around the country. |
 | In an attempt to integrate ex-combatants into society, the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation is engaged in a major training and development programme supported by many NGOs.
Ex-combatants proudly showing their new ID cards which give them access to various benefits and allow them to move around the country. |
 | In an attempt to integrate ex-combatants into society, the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation is engaged in a major training and development programme supported by many NGOs.
Ex-combatants proudly showing their new ID cards which give them access to various benefits and allow them to move around he country. |
 | In an attempt to integrate ex-combatants into society, the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation is engaged in a major training and development programme supported by many NGOs.
Ex-combatants proudly showing their new ID cards which give them access to various benefits and allow them to move around the country. |
 | In an attempt to integrate ex-combatants into society, the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation is engaged in a major training and development programme supported by many NGOs.
Ex-combatants proudly showing their new ID cards which give them access to various benefits and allow them to move around in the country. |
 | The small town of Masiaka was severely damaged during the 10-year-long civil war.
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 | The small town of Masiaka was severely damaged during the 10-year-long civil war.
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 | The small town of Masiaka was severely damaged during the 10-year-long civil war.
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 | In an attempt to integrate ex-combatants into society, the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation is engaged in a major training and development programme supported by many NGOs.
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 | In an attempt to integrate ex-combatants into society, the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation is engaged in a major training and development programme supported by many NGOs.
Ex-combatants receiving flour, seeds and tools as part of the aid package. |
 | In an attempt to integrate ex-combatants into society, the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation is engaged in a major training and development programme supported by many NGOs.
Ex-combatants receiving flour, seeds and tools as part of the aid package. |
 | In an attempt to integrate ex-combatants into society, the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation is engaged in a major training and development programme supported by many NGOs.
Ex-combatants proudly showing their new ID cards which give them access to various benefits and allowsthem to move around the country. |
 | Public taxi being loaded with baggage and passengers in Port Loko.
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 | Kambia, a small town on the border to Guinea.
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 | In an attempt to integrate ex-combatants into society, the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation is engaged in a major training and development programe supported by many NGOs.
Former SPLA combatants in Kambia with their former commander, colonel Allieu Shiriff (centre). |
 | In an attempt to integrate ex-combatants into society, the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation is engaged in a major training and development programme supported by many NGOs.
Former SPLA combatants in conversation with CCSL staff in Kambia. |
 | Newly trained woman soldier in Kambia.
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 | Masiaka a small town 60km northwest of Freetown.
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 | In an attempt to integrate ex-combatants into society, the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation is engaged in a major training and development programme supported by many NGOs.
This training centre at "Miles 91" teaches young men farming skills. |
 | In an attempt to integrate ex-combatants into society, the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation is engaged in a major training and development programme supported by many NGOs.
This training centre at "Miles 91" teaches young men farming skills. |
 | In an attempt to integrate ex-combatants into society, the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilization and Rehabilitation is engaged in a major training and development programme supported by many NGOs.
This training centre at "Miles 91" teaches young men farming skills. Abdul Razak, a former RDF fighter, now administers the rehabilitation programme. |
 | Street shots on the road beween "Miles 91" and Bo.
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 | Shopkeeper near Bo.
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 | Street shots on the road beween "Miles 91" and Bo.
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 | Diamond dealer shop in Kenema town.
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 | Kenema town.
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 | Kenema town.
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 | Kenema town.
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 | Kenema town.
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 | Kenema town.
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 | Diamond dealer shop in Kenema town.
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 | Diamond dealer shop in Kenema town.
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 | Young women in village near Kenema.
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 | Small pharmacy south of Kenema.
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 | Gofor Camp for IDP (Internally Displaced People) southeast of Kenema.
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 | Gofor Camp for IDP (Internally Displaced People) southeast of Kenema.
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 | Gofor Camp for IDP (Internally Displaced People) southeast of Kenema.
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 | Gofor Camp for IDP (Internally Displaced People) southeast of Kenema.
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 | Gofor Camp for IDP (Internally Displaced People) southeast of Kenema.
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 | Patients wait outside the health clinic in Jao, a small village southeast of Kenema.
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 | Health clinic in Jao, a small village southeast of Kenema.
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 | Little boy outside the health clinic in Jao, a small village southeast of Kenema.
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 | Little boy outside the health clinic in Jao, a small village southeast of Kenema.
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 | Children in village near Zimmi.
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 | Children in village near Zimmi.
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 | Village life near Zimmi.
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 | Children in village near Zimmi.
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 | Children in village near Zimmi.
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 | Village life near Zimmi.
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 | Village life near Zimmi.
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 | Village life near Zimmi.
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 | Village life near Zimmi.
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 | Zimmi town.
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 | School in "Splendid" camp near Bo.
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 | School in "Splendid" camp near Bo.
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 | School in "Splendid" camp near Bo.
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 | School in "Splendid" camp near Bo.
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 | School in "Splendid" camp near Bo.
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 | School in "Splendid" camp near Bo.
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 | School in "Splendid" camp near Bo.
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 | School in "Splendid" camp near Bo.
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 | School in "Splendid" camp near Bo.
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 | Health clinic in "Splendid" camp near Bo.
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 | Tavellers near Bo.
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 | Old man in Damballa, a small village north of Bo.
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 | Young woman in Damballa, a small village north of Bo.
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 | Diamond dealer shop in Bo.
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 | Beggar in Bo.
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 | Augustin Musa, a newly returned refugee from Guinea, now living in Jembe camp with his family of 18.
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 | Jembe Camp near Bo.
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 | Jembe Camp near Bo.
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 | Regent Road Baptist Church in Freetown was severely damaged during the civil war. Worship is now held in the basement of the church during the reconstruction.
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 | Regent Road Baptist Church in Freetown was severely damaged during the civil war. Worship is now held in the basement of the church during the reconstruction.
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 | Regent Road Baptist Church in Freetown was severely damaged during the civil war. Worship is now held in the basement of the church during the reconstruction.
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 | Regent Road Baptist Church in Freetown was severely damaged during the civil war. Worship is now held in the basement of the church during the reconstruction.
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 | Regent Road Baptist Church in Freetown was severely damaged during the civil war. Worship is now held in the basement of the church during the reconstruction.
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 | Regent Road Baptist Church in Freetown was severely damaged during the civil war. Worship is now held in the basement of the church during the reconstruction.
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 | Regent Road Baptist Church in Freetown was severely damaged during the civil war. Worship is now held in the basement of the church during the reconstruction.
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 | Freetown.
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 | Freetown.
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 | Freetown.
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 | Geneva, 13 June 2001: Round Table meeting with religious communities of the Republic of Macedonia. Signing of common declaration.
Metropolitan Timotej, Macedonian Orthodox Church Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Dürres and All Albania, General Secretary Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, WCC; Mr Jagup Selimovski, Director of Religious Affairs (Islamic Union of Macedonia). |
 | Geneva, 13 June 2001 Round Table meeting with religious communities of the Republic of Macedonia. Signing of common declaration.
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 | Geneva, 13 June 2001 Round Table meeting with religious communities of the Republic of Macedonia. Signing of common declaration.
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 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
L. to R: Rev. Kang Yong Sop, Chairman, Central Committee, Korean Christian Federation (KCF), Mr. Ri Jong Ro, Director, International Affairs Department, Central Committee (KCF).
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 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
L. to R: Rev. Kang Yong Sop, Chairman, Central Committee Korean Christian Federation (KCF), Mr. Ri Jong Ro, Director, International Affairs Department, Central Committee (KCF).
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 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
L. to R: Rev. Kang Yong Sop, Chairman, Central Committee, Korean Christian Federation (KCF), Mr. Ri Jong Ro, Director, International Affairs Department, Central Committee, KCF.
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 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
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 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
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 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
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 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
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 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
R. to L: Rev. Kim Dong-Wan, General Secretary of National Council of Churches in Korea, Rev. Lee Chung-Jae, Secretary of International Affairs, NCCK, Rev. Lee Jae-Chang, President of the Korean Assemblies of God. |
 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
Rev. Kim Dong-Wan, General Secretary of the National Council of Churches in Korea. |
 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
Rev. Kang Yong Sop, Chairman, Central Committee, Korean Christian Federation (KCF), Mr Ri Jong Ro, Director International Affairs Department, KCF Central Committee, being received by Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, General Seceretary, World Council of Churches.
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 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
Rev. Lee Jae-Chang, President of Korean Assemblies of God and Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, General Seceretary, World Council of Churches.
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 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
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 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
Rev. Kang Yong Sop, Chairman Central Committee, Korean Christian Federation (KCF), Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, General Seceretary, World Council of Churches, Rev. Kim Dong-Wan, General Secretary of the National Council of Churches in Korea.
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 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, General Seceretary, World Council of Churches, Rev. Kang Yong Sop, Chairman, Central Committee Korean Christian Federation (KCF).
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 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, General Seceretary, World Council of Churches and Rev. Kim Dong-Wan, General Secretary of the National Council of Churches in Korea.
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 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
Rev. Lee Jae-Chang, President of the Korean Assemblies of God and Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, General Seceretary, World Council of Churches.
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 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
Rev. Kim Dong-Wan, General Secretary of National Council of Churches in Korea, Rev. Kang Yong Sop, Chairman, Central Committee, Korean Christian Federation (KCF), Mr Ri Jong Ro, Director, International Affairs Department, KCF Central Committee.
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 | Visit to Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by North and South Korean delegations (18 June, 2001).
L to R: Rev. Lee Jae-Chang, President of the Korean Assemblies of God, Rev. Kim Dong-Wan, General Secretary of National Council of Churches in Korea, Rev. Kang Yong Sop, Chairman, Central Committee, Korean Christian Federation (KCF). |
 | Linda Hartke, Coordinator, Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, Geneva, Switzerland
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 | Geneva 6 August 2001: “What would it mean for the world if there were no Christian Palestinians left in the Holy Land?” was the question raised in the report of a visit by a WCC delegation to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories from 27 June through 1 July 2001.
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 | Geneva 6 August 2001: “What would it mean for the world if there were no Christian Palestinians left in the Holy Land?” was the question raised in the report of a visit by a WCC delegation to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories from27 June through 1 July 2001.
Prof Richard Falk USA, member of the United Nations Inquiry Commission. |
 | Geneva 6 August 2001: “What would it mean for the world if there were no Christian Palestinians left in the Holy Land?” was the question raised in the report of a visit by a WCC delegation to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories from 27 June through 1 July 2001.
Prof. John Dugard (centre), South Africa; UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967 |
 | Geneva 6 August 2001: “What would it mean for the world if there were no Christian Palestinians left in the Holy Land?” was the question raised in the report of a visit by a WCC delegation to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories from 27 June through 1 July 2001.
Left to right: Bishop Riah Abu El-Assal, Episcopal Church in Jerusalem & Msg. Maroun Al-Laham, Latin Patriarchate |
 | Geneva 6 August 2001: “What would it mean for the world if there were no Christian Palestinians left in the Holy Land?” was the question raised in the report of a visit by a WCC delegation to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories from 27 June through 1 July 2001.
Msg. Maroun Al-Laham, Latin Patriarchate |
 | Geneva 6 August 2001: “What would it mean for the world if there were no Christian Palestinians left in the Holy Land?” was the question raised following the visit by a WCC delegation to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories from 27 June through 1 July 2001.
Mr. George Awad, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jeruasalem |
 | Geneva 6 August 2001: “What would it mean for the world if there were no Christian Palestinians left in the Holy Land?” was the question raised in the report of a visit by a WCC delegation to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories from 27 June through 1 July 2001.
Mr. Marwan Bishara, member of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs |
 | Geneva 6 August 2001: “What would it mean for the world if there were no Christian Palestinians left in the Holy Land?” was the question raised in the report of a visit by a WCC delegation to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories from 27 June through 1 July 2001.
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 | Geneva 6 August 2001: “What would it mean for the world if there were no Christian Palestinians left in the Holy Land?” was the question raised in the report of a visit by a WCC delegation to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories from 27 June through 1 July 2001.
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 | Geneva 6 August 2001: “What would it mean for the world if there were no Christian Palestinians left in the Holy Land?” was the question raised in the report of a visit by a WCC delegation to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories from 27 J
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 | The Ecumenical Centre
The chapel |
 | The Ecumenical Centre
Main entrance |
 | The Ecumenical Institute of Bossey
The Chapel |
 | Visit of Dr Johannes Rau, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, 17 October 2001
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 | Visit of Dr Johannes Rau, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, 17 October 2001
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