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65th anniversary of 1st atomic bombings
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Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit on the anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Comment on North Korea nuclear test
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The World Council of Churches is deeply troubled by North Korea's nuclear test and profoundly concerned for the people of North Korea and surrounding countries, none of whose interests are served by this tragic failure of international relations.
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NATO summit: Nuclear weapons in Europe
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Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit urges the NATO to “lead by example” and withdraw nuclear weapons still deployed in Europe.
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On the Agreement Reached at The Six Party Talks
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The World Council of Churches, since the early 1980s, has monitored developments relating to peace and security in North East Asia. Of particular concern to the Council was the division of Korea and the consequential tension and the potential threat of conflict in the peninsula.
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On the Russia-US nuclear agreement
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Public statement on the Russia-United States nuclear agreement
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Ratification of new START treaty
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Statement on the ratification by the US Senate of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the United States and Russia
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Statement against cluster bombs and nuclear weapons
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The World Council of Churches welcomes two decisions just taken here in Geneva to protect human lives from lethal and indiscriminate weapons. Both decisions are heartening examples of a world majority of mostly small countries taking leadership for the common good when powerful states have failed to do so. Both address threats that churches have long decried.
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US-Russia nuclear arms reduction treaty
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The Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit's comment on the signing of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) by Presidents Medvedev and Obama in Prague, 8 April 2010.
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We cannot live with such dangers
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World Council of Churches' general secretary statement on the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 6 and 9 August 1945.
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68th anniversary of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Public comment by the WCC general secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit
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