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World Council of Churches
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Sixth ASSEMBLY
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2+ July - 10 August 1593
Vancouver B.C.,
Canada
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REPORY OF TRE WORLD COMNCTL OF CHORCHES
DOLEGATION TG THLE
may
20
MARSHALL TSLANDS
to June 4,
1983
Team Members
Kara L.
Tromas
COLE,
B.
Chairperson: Administrative Secretary of the Friends
Tnited Meeting anit member, Board of Governers, National
-Couneil of the Churehes of Christ, USA.
COCHRAN,
Ph.D:
Nuclear
Physicist
serving
as
a Senior
Staff
Scientist fOr the Natural Rescurces Defense Council,
Washington, D.C.
Sariteke NABETARI:
General Secretary of
Churches.
B.
David WILLIAMS,
I.
INTRODUCTION
Jr.:
Associate
the Pacific Conference of
Director
for
Peace
Issues,
National
Council of the Churches cf Christ, USA, until recently
Coordinator of the Church and Society Program, Pacific
Conference of Churches.
Continuing concern expressed by the Pacific churches,
through the
Pacific Conference of Churches, plus requests {rem the Marshall
Isiands caused the WCC tu consider sending this small delegation. A
final decision was made in consultation with leaders of the United
Church of Christ in lhe Marshalls and the Roman Catholic Church
there. The team was hosted and its basic local itinerary suggested
by a local ecumenical planning cummittee comprised of leaders from the
United Church and the Catholic Church.
The purposes of the visit were:
(i)
to assess
problem as an environmental and health hazard;
SCcial
and human cost of
the
US
the residual radiation
(ii)
military presence;
to study the
(iii)
to consult
with the churches of the Marshalls regarding these questicns; and
(iv) to explore with the churches, in the context of the WCC's
standing concerns for peace and disarmament, long-term strategies
fer mebilizing the commitment of the churches around the world on
these issues.
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