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September 13, 2012UN visit from the National Evangelical Synod of Syria & Lebanon
Yesterday, the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations welcomed our partners from the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon to advocate with governments of the United Nations Security Council. Each representative we met received a package including letters from the Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon, stories of what is happening to Christians in Syria, the PC(USA)’s history in the region as well as a copy of the PC(USA)’s policy adopted by the 220th General Assembly (2012). Presbyterian Disaster Assistance coordinates the PC(USA) response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria.
In each of ...
September 12, 2012
Partners from Lebanon and Syria visit
Several Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) partners from Lebanon and Syria are in New York to participate in the board meeting of the Lebanese American Universit
y. While the Rev. Fadi Dagher, the Rev. Joseph Kassab, Mr. Charles Muller, and the Rev. Dr. Nuhad Tomeh are here, our ministry has made arrangements for them to share the concerns and ministries of the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon in a variety of ways.
Today, they will meet with several missions to the United Nations.
On Sunday, September 16, Nuhad will speak during an adult Sunday School Class at Old ...
October 26, 2011
Christian leaders say yes to Palestine U.N. membership
From the Presbyterian News Service:
Leaders of four denominations, including the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s General Assembly Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons, have issued a statement backing the Palestinian Authority’s bid for membership in the United Nations.
U.N. membership for the Palestinians is deserved, the four leaders say, “not only on the basis of international law and basic fairness … but to preserve a multi-religious holy land that includes Christian Palestinians.
In addition to Parsons, the statement was signed by the Rev. Geoffrey Black of the United Church of Christ, the Rev. Sharon Watkins of the Christian Church ...
September 23, 2011
Palestine applies for UN membership
On September 23, 2011, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon conveyed the application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations to the Security Council. Find out more about the Palestinian bid for membership. Most recent stories are placed first:
October 3:
Statement on membership for Palestine in the UN by the World Council of Churches
The Palestinian Authority's Application for United Nations Membership and Its Implications for the International Criminal Court by the American NGO Coalition for the International Criminal Court
September 28:
UN News Centre article: Security Council refers Palestinian application to UN membership committee
August 24, 2011
The United Nations, Israel and Palestine - Palestine at the United Nations, September 2011
Presbyterian Policy
Since 1948 General Assemblies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and its predecessor denominations have repeatedly addressed the Middle East and particularly Israel and Palestine. The Presbyterian position has consistently been to affirm the right of Israel to exist as a sovereign state within secure, internationally recognized borders and the right of the Palestinians to self-determination, including the right to the establishment of a neighboring independent, sovereign state toward the end of establishing a just and durable peace. Read actions of Assemblies from 1997 to 2010. The Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy provides a summary of ...