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———————————————————————-Diary for the period beginning 23 January 1995

Unless otherwise stated, for further details please contact WCC Press

Office.

General Secretariat:

?23 January – 1 February: Konrad Raiser, General Secretary: CLAI (Latin

American Council of Churches) Assembly in Concepci#n, Chile. Dr Raiser will

address CLAI – embargoed copy of speech available on request.

?24-25 January: Tarek Mitri, Executive Secretary, Office on

Inter-religious Relations: Belgium, Brussels, to give public lecture on

« Ecumenism and the Challenge of Islamic-Christian Dialogue » and lead a

seminar on Islam organized by the European Ecumenical Commission for Church

and Society.

?1-3 February: Tarek Mitri: Paris, France – Preparatory meeting at the

Institut de Monde Arabe for an exhibition on Christian art in the Muslim

world.

?2-5 February: Huibert Van Beek, Executive Secretary, Office of Church and

Ecumenical Relations: New Orleans, USA – Meeting on State Ecumenism:

Re-Visioning, Re-Rooting, Re-Connecting, Rejoicing.

Unit II:

?18-28 January: Samuel Ada, Executive Secretary for Evangelism:

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania – Seminar on Evangelism, organised by the National

Council of Churches in Kenya.

?29-31 January: Christopher Duraisingh, Executive Secretary for Gospel and

Culture: Nairobi, Kenya – Meeting with regional representation of Gospel

and Culture Study of the All Africa Conference of Churches.

Unit III:

?21-25 January: Clement John, Executive Secretary, International Affairs,

Peace and Human Rights: Berlin, Germany – European Preparatory meeting for

the Global Review of Ecumenical Practices and Policies on Human Rights.

?26 January – 1 February: Thembisile Majola, Executive Secretary, Women:

Bangalore, India – Public Hearings on Asian women’s rights.

?30 January – 9 February: Anu Talvivaara, Executive Secretary, Youth, and

Donnalie Edwards, Programme Consultant, Youth: Nairobi, Kenya – Mandated

Working Group on Youth.

?1-10 February: Nicole Fischer, Programme Consultant, Mid-Decade, Women

(1-3 February), and Robert van Drimmelen, Executive Secretary, Economy,

Ecology and Susatainable Society: Frankfurt, Germany – Mid-Decade team

visit.

Unit IV:

?23-26 January: Brenda Fitzpatrick, Executive Secretary for Communication:

New Delhi, India – Asian Communicators’ Workshop.

?30 January – 8 February: Margarita Banda, Consultant, ECLOF (Ecumenical

Loan Fund): Montevideo, Uruguay – National ECLOF Committee.

?23-31 January: Melaku Kifle, Coordinator Refugee Service: Khartoum, Sudan

– Discussions with staff of Sudan Council of Churches.

?25-29 January: Carol Abel, Executive Secretary for Europe: Lisbon,

Portugal – Leadership Training Workshop for Lay Academy Managers in

Southern Europe.

?2-5 February: Carol Abel: Rome, Italy – Italian Round-Table.

Meetings:

25-31 January:?Unit I Commission meeting, Cr#t-B#rard, Switzerland. List

of Commission members available on request.

27-29 January:?John Knox Centre, Geneva: Meeting of women with an

ecumenical background – discussions to include impact of Women’s Decade and

pastoral role in context of violence against women. Participants:

Annathaie Abhayashekara, Sri Lanka; Agnes Aboum, Kenya; Liliana Andronescu,

Romania; Marie Assaad, Egypt; Brigalia Bam, South Africa; Irene Biakokos,

Poland; Cristina Bosenberg, Argentina; Marga B#hrig, Switzerland; Omega

Bula, Zambia; Grace Eneme, Cameroon; Boonmee Julkiree, Thailand; Margot

K#ssmann, Germany; Lynda Katsuno, Canada; Leonie Liveris, Australia; Janice

Love, USA; Margarita Neliubova, Russia; Mercy Oduyoye, Ghana; Ranjini

Rebera, Australia; Louise Tappa, Cameroon; Reinhild Traitler, Switzerland;

B#rbel von Wartenberg Potter, Germany; Pauline Webb, UK; Marthe Westphal,

France; Lois Wilson, Canada; plus staff from LWF, CEC and WCC.

Miscellaneous:

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began on 18 January. (Leaflet and

supporting materials available from Tom Best, Executive Secretary,

Ecclesial Unity: Faith and Order stream °tel: 022 791 63 33§.)

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