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WCC 1971 statement on “The Global Environment, Responsible Choice and Social Justice”

Executive committee
05 June 2024

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(A call to the churches for study, comment and action, approved by the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches, meeting 5th-9th September, 1971.)

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