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“Yet this vision unfolds amid intensifying great-power rivalry,\u201d Pillay said. \u201cToo often, Pacific voices are relegated to the margins of these power contests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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He reaffirmed the WCC\u2019s support for a nuclear-free Pacific, standing in solidarity with affected communities in Ma\u2018ohi Nui, the Marshall Islands, and Kiribati, calling for independent assessments of nuclear test impacts, transparent data access, reparations, environmental remediation, and universal ratification of the Treaty of Rarotonga and of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe WCC reaffirms its position that true peace requires the dismantling of colonial systems of control and oppression,\u201d Pillay added, calling for continued listing of Ma\u2018ohi Nui and Kanaky on the UN decolonisation agenda until full self-determination is achieved, a transparent plan from France to decolonise by 2030, an international review of Hawai\u2018i\u2019s political status, and full implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, particularly in Aotearoa and Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pillay also urged demilitarisation, specifically transparency and consent for all military activity, a UN moratorium on autonomous weapons systems, and island-led efforts to establish demilitarised maritime zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He further noted that the Pacific Ocean is central to the future of life on earth, and called for a \u201cglobal ban on deep-sea mining, and affirmation of the leadership of Pacific churches in climate advocacy,\u201d he said, further urging \u201cinclusion of frontline Pacific voices in UN climate forums; promotion of eco-communal theology that unites Scripture, Indigenous wisdom, and science; and continued church divestment from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pillay also reaffirmed the WCC 11th Assembly \u201cMinute on the situation in West Papua\u201d that expressed the grave concern regarding the situation in Tanah Papua \u2013 the Papuan provinces of Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pillay encouraged continued and intensified engagement by the WCC, including advocacy in UN human rights forums, and consideration of the establishment of an ecumenical working group on West Papua. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He urged all WCC member churches and partners \u201cto increase their awareness, accompaniment, and support for the people and churches of Tanah Papua in the midst of this longstanding and worsening crisis,\u201d concluding: \u201cLet us uphold peace based on justice, dignity, and the sacred relationship between people, land, and ocean.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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