CEC/KEK PRESS RELEASES 2003 For all CEC 12th Assembly Press Releases please go to: www.cecassembly.no UPDATE: MEETING OF CEC CENTRAL COMMITTEE - 19 December 2003 CEC: LETTER TO CHURCHES ON "EUROPE IN 2004" - 18 December 2003 CEC CENTRAL COMMITTEE: MIGRANT RIGHTS TO BE STRENGTHENED - 18 December 2003 CHRISTIAN ORGANISATIONS SUPPORT PAT COX’S LEGAL CHALLENGE AGAINST EU DIRECTIVE ON FAMILY REUNIFICATION - 17 December 2003 NEW PRESIDIUM OF CEC - 16 December 2003 JEAN-ARNOLD DE CLERMONT, ARCHBISHOP ANASTASIOS, DEAN MARGARETHE ISBERG: THE NEW OFFICERS OF CEC - 15 December 2003 NEW CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF CEC MEETING IN GENEVA, 13-18 DECEMBER, WILL ELECT NEW PRESIDENT - 9 December 2003 EUROPEAN TEMPLETON PRIZE FOR RELIGION WRITING IN THE SECULAR PRESS - 4 December 2003 CCME AND CARITAS EUROPA LAUNCH BROCHURE: "ACTION AND NETWORKING AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN"- 3 December 2003 THE TREASURE OF THE ORIENT FOR THE CHURCHES AND EUROPE - 2 December 2003 CHURCHES AND BIOETHICS: THE NEED TO RESPECT HUMAN DIGNITY - 1 December 2003 MEETING MUSLIMS: LET’S NOT BE FEARFUL OF ONE ANOTHER. STUDY PAPER FROM CEC-CCEE "ISLAM IN EUROPE" COMMITTEE - 24 November 2003 THE CHURCHES AND THE CHALLENGE OF BIOETHICS 21 November 2003 THE CHARTA OECUMENICA PROCESS GOES ON - 18 November 2003 BRITISH CHURCHES' COMMITMENT TO EUROPE: REV. MATTHEW ROSS JOINS CEC CHURCH AND SOCIETY STAFF - 17 November 2003 CHURCHES APPEAL TO THE EUROPEAN UNION: ENSURE DIALOGUE WITH EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS - 27 October 2003 PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN POLITICAL AUTHORITIES AND CHURCHES VITAL FOR FUTURE OF EUROPE, SAYS EU COMMISSIONER - 24 October 2003 EU CONSTITUTION AND THE CHURCHES: A EUROPEAN CONSULTATION IN BRUSSELS - 21 October 2003 CHRISTIANS AND PREDICTIVE MEDICINE: THE GOD OF THE BIBLE LIBERATES THE FUTURE - 20 October 2003 REPRESENTATIVES OF EUROPE'S CHRISTIAN CHURCHES MEET THE ITALIAN PRESIDENCY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION - 15 October 2003 POPE'S EXHORTATION "ECCLESIA IN EUROPA": CEC AMAZED AT SILENCE ON CHARTA OECUMENICA - 25 August 2003 PROGRAMME OF THE 12TH CEC ASSEMBLY IN TRONDHEIM, NORWAY - 11 June 2003 AGNETA LAGERCRANTZ FROM "SVENSKA DAGBLADET", SWEDEN, IS THE EUROPEAN RELIGION WRITER OF THE YEAR - 4 June 2003 "CHARTA OECUMENICA" SIGNED BY 16 GERMAN CHURCHES DURING THE "ECUMENICAL KIRCHENTAG" - 2 June 2003 EUROPE'S RELIGIOUS HERITAGE RECOGNISED IN DRAFT EU CONSTITUTION - 28 May 2003 CHURCHES VALUE WORK OF EU CONVENTION - 27 May 2003 JACKSON APPOINTED "RESEACHER IN EUROPEAN MISSION" - 23 May 2003 CZECH REPUBLIC: "FIGHT AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN" VISIT OF CHRISTIAN ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK UNDERLINES NEED FOR CONTINUED EFFORTS AFTER EU ACCESSION - 15 May 2003 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CHURCHES URGED TO CONTRIBUTE TO POLICY CHANGE. THE 4TH ASSEMBLY OF ECEN IN VOLOS, GREECE, 6-11 MAY 2003 - 14 May 2003 CHURCHES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION URGE GOVERNMENTS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR UNHCR - 14 May 2003 EUROPEAN CHURCHES REFLECT ON ENLARGEMENT OF EU. A EUROPE-WIDE CONSULTATION IN BRUSSELS - 9 April 2003 CENTRAL EUROPE: CHURCHES CALLED TO FIGHT TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN - 7 April 2003 CEC WELCOMES PROPOSAL FOR SPECIAL ARTICLE ON CHURCHES IN EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY - 4 April 2003 "THE CHURCHES IN EUROPE AS WITNESSES TO HEALING": NEW BOOK BY CEC GENERAL SECRETARY KEITH CLEMENTS - 4 April 2003 EUROPEAN COUNCILS OF CHURCHES SUPPORT ANTI-WAR POSITION OF AMERICAN CHURCHES - 31 March 2003 CONFESSING AND WITNESSING JESUS CHRIST IN EUROPE: REVISED DRAFT OF CEC ASSEMBLY THEME PAPER - 28 March 2003 IRAQ: CEC AND NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN USA WRITE TO GREEK EU PRESIDENCE - 26 March 2003 MEETING OF THE "CHURCHES IN DIALOGUE" COMMISSION OF CEC - 24 March 2003 GENERAL SECRETARY OF CEC ON WAR ON IRAQ: IF CHRIST IS OUR PEACE, WE CANNOT BELIEVE IN WAR - 20 March 2003 BEYOND CRISIS: CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS SHAPING A SHARED FUTURE IN EUROPE - 18 March 2003 BACKGROUND INFORMATION: THE WORK OF CEC CHURCH AND SOCIETY COMMISSION 2002/2003 - 17 March 2003 FOSTERING COMPREHENSIVE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION : THE PLENARY OF CEC CHURCH AND SOCIETY COMMISSION - 17 March 2003 CHURCH AND SOCIETY COMMISSION OF CEC MEET IN SPAIN - 12 March 2003 CHURCH DELEGATION WELCOMES MOSCOW'S STANCE ON IRAQ - 5 March 2003 COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN: INVOLVING ALL ACTORS AND DURABLE SOLUTION FOR VICTIMS TOP PRIORITIES - 3 March 2003 IRAQ CRISIS: CEC PRESIDIUM ENCOURAGES THE GREEK INITIATIVE FOR A COMMON EU FOREIGN POLICY - 3 March 2003 CEC PRESIDIUM MEETS IN ATHENS - 27 February 2003 IRAQ CRISIS: BUSH SHOULD RECEIVE US CHURCH LEADERS - 20 February 2003 IRAQ: CEC ACCOMPANIES US CHURCH DELEGATION TO FRANCE - 12 February 2003 DRAFT OF EU CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY: CEC ASKS FOR FULL REALISATION OF SOLIDARITY - 11 February 2003 EUROPEAN CHURCH LEADERS UNITED AGAINST WAR IN IRAQ - 5 February 2003 IRAQ CRISIS: CHURCHES TO DISCUSS COMMON RESPONSE. A MEETING IN BERLIN CONVENED BY WCC, EKD AND CEC - 3 February 2003 CEC-CCEE JOINT COMMITTEE MET IN BUCHAREST - 3 February 2003 CHURCHES MEET GREEK PRESIDENCY OF EUROPEAN UNION - 31 January 2003 CCEE AND CEC MEET IN BUCHAREST TO REVIEW THE ECUMENICAL SCENE IN EUROPE - 14 January 2003 CEC TO EUROPEAN CONVENTION: SOCIAL DIMENSION MUST BECOME CONSTITUENT PART OF THE UNION - 15 January 2003 TEMPLETON FILM AWARD TO „THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST", BY AKI KAURISMÄKI - 13 January 2003 CEC APPOINTS NEW SECRETARY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - 8 January 2003