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Geneva

March 4, 2019

Financial support is not enough for Yemeni people, say NGOs

Countries selling arms to warring parties in Yemen need to stop these deals with immediate effect, say NGOs.
June 20, 2018

Local pastor says visit by pope encourages ecumenism in Geneva

The pastor of a Protestant congregation in Geneva has welcomed Pope Francis accepting the invitation to join in celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches.
February 4, 2016

UN mediator suspends intra-Syrian talks for three weeks

Just two days after declaring the official start of delayed intra-Syrian talks in Geneva to end five years of bloody warfare, the UN mediator has suspended them for three weeks following differences between Government and opposition delegations on the priority of humanitarian issues.
January 23, 2014

Churches continue to press for decisive action on Syria

While the Syria peace talk started with a welter of rhetoric on all siders, churches around the world continued to focus on visible action.
January 22, 2014

World Evangelical Alliance seeks just peace in Syria

Evangelicals joined other Christian bodies in calling upon the participants in Geneva 2 to pursue just peace in Syria.
January 21, 2014

Christian Aid urges diplomatic and humanitarian efforts on Syria

Christian Aid wants the UK government to use its influence for "intensive diplomatic engagement to ensure a positive outcome" to Geneva 2 talks.
January 21, 2014

Podcast: Geneva 2 Egypt's Constitutional Referendum, and more

In the first Middle East Analysis podcast of 2014, regular studio guest Dr Harry Hagopian, a regional expert and Ekklesia associate, looks at the upcoming Geneva 2 meeting about the on-going crisis in Syria, Egypt's constitutional referendum, and other Middle East and North Africa related concerns.
January 17, 2014

An urgent call to action for a just peace in Syria

This is the full statement from an Ecumenical Consultation on Syria, involving churches from across the world, hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, from 15-17 January 2014, ahead of the upcoming Geneva II international talks on resolving the Syrian crisis.
January 16, 2014

Syria peace conference must end siege and starvation tactics

The Geneva II peace conference on Syria must end state sieges imposed on opposition-held towns where civilians are starving, says Amnesty
December 17, 2013

Mandela's life celebrated at the Ecumenical Centre in Switzerland

Nelson Mandela has been remembered in a well-attended memorial service this week at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva.