Fifty Years After Fleeing North Korea Syngman Rhee Becomes U.S. Church Head
For first time, no white male candidates for PCUSA moderator.
By Edmund Doogue in Long Beach, California | posted 7/11/00 | posted 7/01/2000 12:00AM
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- call for an immediate investigation of human rights violations in Ambon,
- urge the UN to send in observers and peacekeepers,
- urge the U.S. government to put pressure on the Indonesian government to resolve the crisis, and to suspend U.S. military assistance to Indonesia, and
- call on U.S. corporations not to invest in Indonesia until the crisis is resolved and the human rights of all are guaranteed.
PCUSA leaders will also write, following a request from the assembly, to President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright asking them to "actively encourage the government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to repeal all laws that violate the human rights of minorities."The assembly also criticized U.S. military strategy, in particular U.S. plans "to militarize space" and urged the U.S. government to respect all existing treaties and arms reduction agreements.The PCUSA assembly ended July 1.
Copyright © 2000 ENI.See our earlier coverage of the PCUSA general assembly, "
Presbyterians Propose Ban on Same-Sex Ceremonies | Change to church constitution, which passes by only 17 votes, now goes to presbyteries" (July 5, 2000)
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