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The World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia has expressed deep sadness at the passing away of Canadian writer and activist Hugh McCullum, who died on 16 October, aged 76. From India, where he is currently visiting WCC member churches, Kobia made the following comment on McCullum's longstanding involvement with the ecumenical movement:

Amid ongoing fighting and humanitarian crises in several regions of Sudan, and risks of failure in implementing the 2005 peace agreement that ended two decades of civil war between north and south, the Sudanese people and churches face "tremendous tasks and challenges", an international ecumenical team of church representatives was told at the beginning of an eight-day solidarity visit to the country.

By Jerry Hames (*)

By Jerry Hames (*)

Six committed ecumenists, each with significant experience in specific fields of ecumenical endeavour, have been appointed to take up key leadership roles within the Geneva-based World Council of Churches (WCC). The newly appointed staff members will head five programmes plus a planning and integration office, all of which are the result of programmatic reshaping following the WCC 9th Assembly in 2006 .

A pioneer in public health, promoting the role of churches in health, healing and wholeness, Dr Eric Ram, who died on 23 May in the USA, was active in promoting the human, social and cultural rights of marginalized peoples, and of low- and middle-income countries within the international community.

By Gustavo Bonato (*)

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12-17 December 2003, 9h00-17h00

"Go back to the principles of primary health care: reviving Alma Ata is the most important step to ensure 'Health For All'," said a 16-18 May consultation in Geneva facilitated by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Peoples Health Movement.