Interfaith Declaration in support of a Ban on Fully Autonomous Weapons -Signatories as of May 12th 2015-
RELIGIOUS LEADERS & REPRESENTATIVES
Most Rev. Desmond Tutu Most Rev. Isingoma K. Henri Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Congo Africa Bishop of Kinshasa Kinshasa, Dr Congo His Beatitude Patriarch Fouad Twal Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Most Rev. Dr. Soritua A.E. Nababan Ephorus em DR(hc) DR. of the His Beatitude Mar Louis Raphael I Sako Huria Kristen Batak Protestan (HKBP) Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans Jakarta, Indonesia Iraq Most Rev. K.G. Hammar His Beatitude Emeritus Michel Sabbah Archbishop emeritus Church of Sweden Emeritus Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Lund, Sweden Former President of Pax Christi International Most Rev. John Kirby Ven. Halyale Wimalarathana Thero Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland Buddhist Monk, Therawada Buddhist Tradition President of Pax Christi Ireland Geneva, Switzerland Most Rev. Gerard de Korte Rabbi Awraham Shalom Soetendorp Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden, The Hague, The Netherlands The Netherlands
Rev. Dr Safwat El Baiady Most Rev. Kevin Dowling, CSSR President of the Protestant Churches in Egypt Bishop of Rustenburg, South Africa General Secretary of the Synod of the Nile Co-President of Pax Christi International Evangelical Schools Most Rev. Giovanni Giudici Most Rev. Malcolm McMahon, Bishop of Pavia, Italy Archbishop of Liverpool, United Kingdom President of Pax Christi Italy President of Pax Christi UK Most Rev. Marc Stenger Sayed Jawad al-Khoei Bishop of Troyes, France Secretary General of the London-based President of Pax Christi France Al-Khoei International Foundation Most Rev. Raúl Vera, OP Most Rev. Daniel Deng Bul Yak Bishop of Saltillo, Mexico Archbishop of Juba, South Sudan Co-President of the Christian International Service of Solidarity with the Peoples of Latin Most Rev. Dr Antje Jackelén America (SICSAL) Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden The Right Reverend Dr. Munib Younan Most Rev. Felix Machado Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Archbishop of Vasai, India in Jordan and the Holy Land
Most Rev. Joris Vercammen Most Rev. Luigi Bettazzi Archbishop of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Ivrea, Italy Church of the Netherlands Former President of Pax Christi International
Archbishop Dr Rufus Okikiola Ositelu Most Rev. Bishop Ketut Siaga Waspada Church of the Lord (Aladura) Worldwide Protestant Christian Church in Bali (GKPB) Nigeria Indonesia
Most Rev. Bishop Dr Chibuzo Raphael Opoko Rev. Sister Ann Hayden, MM Methodist Church Congregational Leadership Team Nigeria of the Maryknoll Sisters
Emeritus Bishop Paride Taban Rev. Sister Bitrina Hayden, MM Catholic Diocese of Torit Eastern Equatoria Congregational Leadership Team State; founder and patron of Kuron Peace of the Maryknoll Sisters Village South Sudan Rev. Sister Patricia Chappell, SNDdeN Most Rev. Adrianus Van Luyn Executive Director of Pax Christi USA Bishop Emeritus of Rotterdam, the Netherlands; former President of COMECE; Rev. Dr. Margaretha M. Hendriks-Ririmasse former president of Pax Christi Netherlands Vice-moderator of the WCC Central Committee Mollucas Christian Church, Indonesia Most Rev. Martin Schindehütte Emeritus bishop of the Evangelical Church Rev. Sister Simone Campbell, SSS Germany Executive Director of NETWORK, USA
Most Rev. De Chickera Duleep Kamil Heather Denny Former Bishop, Anglican Church of Sri Lanka Religious Society of Friends, Auckland Colombo, Sri Lanka Aotearoa, New Zealand
Bishop Duleep de Chickera Rev. Kjell Magne Bondevik Anglican Church of Sri Lanka Pastor in the Lutheran Church of Norway Sri Lanka President of the Oslo Center for peace and Human rights Most Rev. Thomas Gumbleton Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Detroit, USA; Reverend Timothy William Atkin former President of Pax Christi USA Superior General of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheut) Ms. Marie Dennis Rome, Italy International Co-President Pax Christi International Rev. Father Kevin O'Neill, SSC Superior General, Missionary Society of Rev. Emilie Teresa Smith St. Columban, Hong Kong Co-President of the Christian International Service of Solidarity with the Peoples of Latin Brother René Stockman, FC America (SICSAL) Superior General of the Brothers of Charity Rome, Italy Rev. Sister Carmen Sammut, MSOLA President of the International Union of Ching-An Yeh Superiors General (UISG), Rome The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
Rev. Sister Yvonne Reungoat, FMA Dr Audeh B. Quawas Superior General of the Daughters Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem of Mary Help of Christians, Rome Mathias Quackenbush Rev. Sister Filo Hirota, MMB Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco General Coordinator of the Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz, Rome Rev. Professor Andrew Dutney President Uniting Church in Australia Rev. Sister Janice McLaughlin, MM Congregational Leadership Team Father Amir Jaje of the Maryknoll Sisters Vicar Provincial of the Dominican fathers in Arab world Rev. Sister Rebecca Macugay, MM Iraq Congregational Leadership Team of the Maryknoll Sisters
Rev. O. Kolade Fadahunsi Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP Methodist Church Nigeria Executive Director, Africa Faith & Justice Programme Officer Churches in Action for Network Peace and Development (CAPAD) Washington DC, USA
Rev. Dr. Janet Crowford Rev. Father Brian Swords Auckland New Zeeland Roman Catholic Missionary Priest Toronto, Canada Father Peter Murnane Catholic Dominican friar Rev. Sister Maamalifar M. Poreku Honiara, Solomon Islands Missionary Sister of our Lady of Africa Rome, Italy Rev. Aaro Rytkönen, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Rev. Sister Maria del Carmen Ocon Moreno Director of Advocacy, Finn Church Aid Missionary Sister of our Lady of Africa Rome, Italy Rev. Paul Lansu Diocese of Antwerp Mr Holland Sikou Senior Policy Officer Pax Christi International Church of Melanesia Solomon Islands Father Ignatius Ismartono SJ Jesuit Father, Jakarta Indonesia Dr Evelyn L. Parker Head of volunteers organization SAHABAT Associate Dean, Perkins School of Theology INSAN United States
Father Mile Babic Rev. François Pihaatae Franciscan, Professor Theological Faculty Pacific Conference of Churches Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina French Ploynesia
Peter Low Ms Lily Zachariah Quakers New Zeeland Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar Malaysia Andrew Bolton Apostle for Asia Mission Field, Community of Lukasz Nazarko Christ, USA Oikonomos Foundation Poland Rev. Sister Patricia McDermott, RSM President, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Mr Vakhtang Kipshidze United States Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) Rev. Father G. Gregory Gay III,C.M.A Russian Federation Superior General, Congregation of the Mission of St. Vincent DePaul Rev. Dr. Stephen J. Sidorak, Jr. Rome, Italy United Methodist Church, USA
Rev. Brother Emili Turu Sister Arlene van Zyl Superior General of the Institute Mexico of the Marist Brothers Rome, Italy Rev. Dr. Jean-GottfriedMutombo Evangelical Church of Westphalia Rev. Father Michael Brehl Dortmund, Germany Superior General of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Victor Hsu Rome, Italy Presbyterian Church in Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Rev. Father Chika Onyejiuwa Executive Secretary of the Elizabeth Branch Africa-Europe Faith & Justice Network Presbyterian church Brussels, Belgium Little Rock, United States
Rev. Chris J. Antal Rev. Pieter Grove Minister, Unitarian Universalist Congregation Reverend, Uniting Reformed Church Rock Tavern, New York Cape Town, South Africa
Rev. Dr. David Oliver-Holder Rev. Magda Aguirre Pastor, Bayfield Presbyterian Church Baptist pastor Bayfield, United States Salina, Puerto Rico
Rev. Keith Vermeulen Rev. Michael L. Hostetter Reverend, Moravian Church Pastor, Salem Church of the Brethren Cape Town, South Africa Englewood, United States
Rev. Cibele Kuss Rev. Horace Huse Lutheran Pastor of IECLB Reverend Emeritus, Church of the Brethren General Secretary, Lutheran Foundation of Toledo, United States Diakonia Porto Alegre, Brazil Janice Crist Church of the Brethren Sarah Henken Quinter, United States Teaching elder, Presbyterian Church Los Angeles, United States Anne Priestley Anglican Church Michael Neuroth Auckland, New Zealand United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries Rev. Dr Mele'ana M Puloka Washington, United States Minister of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga Hyunju Bae President of the Pacific Region to World Prof. Busan Presbyterian University; Council of Churches Central Committee member of the WCC Nuku'alofa, Tonga Busan, South Korea Rev. Cathy Cole Rev. Carlos Ceballos Reverend, United Methodist Church Priest of the Roman Catholic Church Gibbon, United States Tlalpan, México Rev. Kirt Moelling Rev. Concha Malo Miguel Senior Pastor, St. Stephen's United Methodist Priest of the Roman Catholic Church Church Distrito Federal, Mexico Broken Arrow, United States
LeDayne McLeese Polaski Rev. Mary Byrne Executive Director BPFNA ~ Bautistas por la United Methodist Clergy Paz United States Charlotte, United States Rev. Jörg Niederer Rev. Javier Ulloa Superintendent United Methodist Church Reverend Shalom Baptist Church of México Frauenfeld, Switzerland City Mexico City, Mexico Rev. Chris Sullivan Deacon Roman Catholic Church Zamarripa Guardado Auckland, New Zealand Ma. de Jesús Compañía de María Distrito Federal, Mexico
FAITH-BASED ORGANISATIONS
Pax Christi International World Council of Churches Secretary General José Henríquez Commission of the Churches on International Affairs 17 Pax Christi National Sections Peter Prove, director, CCIA
Religions for Peace Digni Secretary General Dr. William Vendley General Secretary Jørn Lemvik Oslo, Norway Global Network of Religions for Children Secretary General Dr. Mustafa Ali Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC) the peace and service agency of Quakers in Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns Canada Executive Director Gerry Lee Society of Friends (Quakers) PAX Wellington, New Zealand General Director Jan Gruiters Representative Noeline Gannaway
The World Hibakusha Exhibition Brot für die Welt Secretary General Naoto Anzai National Council of Churches USA All Indian People's Forum for Peace and President Jim Winkler Secularism Washington, United States Prof. Dr. Ram Puniyani National Council CESE of YMCAs of Korea Salvador, Brasil General Secretary Nam Boo Won Seoul, South Korea Canadian Catholic organisation for Development and Peace Secretario ejecutivo Iglesias por la Paz Movimiento ecuménico e Plea for an Ecumenical Future interreligioso Executive Secretary Werner Gebert Ricardo Guillermo Gállego México Touhoku HELP Secretary general rev. Dr. Naoya Kawakami Center of Ecumenical Studies Director Sara San Martín Zen Peacemakers Aotearoa Mexico Rosalind Jiko Universidad Evangélica Nicaraguense Martin Christian Council of Nigeria Luther King General Secretary Rev. Dr. Yusuf Ibrahim President Benjamin Cortés Wushishi Managua, Nicaragua Lagos, Nigeria India Peace Centre Swiss interchurch Aid in DRC Director Kasta Dip Director Cleophas Basaluci Kinshasa, DR Congo Lutheran World Federation General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge National Council of Churches in India General Secretary Rev. Dr Roger Gaikwad Tonga National Council of Churches General Secretary Dr. Kafoa Solomone Christian Council of Churches in Sweden Lapaha, Tonga General Secretary Rev. Karin Wiborn
This call is still open. If you are interested in signing the declaration or if you have any questions please contact Daan Kayser, [email protected]
You can also sign the declaration here www.paxforpeace.nl/interfaith-declaration