Below is a list of press releases and features issued during the 1999 meeting of the WCC Central Committee held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 26 August to 3 September.

Separate English, French, German and Spanish releases covered events from the standpoint of what staff writers saw as most likely to interest readers in their regions.

• Central Committee places overcoming violence high on agenda for the next six years. (3.9.99)
  
• With an eye towards quotas and balance, WCC names members of commissions and advisory committees. (3.9.99)
  
• WCC themes for years ahead chosen by central committee. (3.9.99)
  
• Central Committee deplores armed conflicts and comments on international trouble spots. (2.9.99)
  • Update: WCC mourns loss of church leader shot in East Timor (14.9.99)
• WCC is told to keep spending down; prod non-contributing member churches for basic support. (2.9.99)
  
• Proposals for a 'Decade to Overcome Violence'. (2.9.99)
  
• ‘Special Commission’ will meet first week in December. (2.9.99)
  
• Indonesia: What will happen during the post-referendum period? (1.9.99)
  
• Stewards who serve "today" may return as archbishops "tomorrow". (1.9.99)
  
• WCC discusses future of religion. (31.8.99)
  
• World Council of Churches document says Africa poised for 're-birth', provided post-colonial problems can be solved. (31.8.99)
  
• Youngest World Council president has come of age in ecumenical movement. (31.8.99)
  
• World Council of Churches expresses its sorrow at the deat of Dom Helder Camara. (30.8.99)
  
• Religion should not be used as a means of division, says Alabanian archbishop. (30.8.99)
  
• UN official asks churches to join campaign to protect children from the scourge of war. (28.8.99)
  
• Padare calls for willingness to learn from each other. (28.8.99)
  
• Lessons of the eighth assembly will pave the way for the ninth. (29.8.99)
  
• New churches join the WCC. (27.8.99)
  
• WCC would 'reinforce and assist' programmes in member churches and look to other religions for anti-violence efforts. (27.8.99)
  
• Is the ecumenical movement still alive? -- A 'Padare? discussion. (27.8.99)
  
• Churches should focus on overcoming "culture of violence", says WCC general secretary. (26.8.99)
  
• Christian churches must not be museums but seek 'constant interaction with the world,' moderator tells WCC central committee. (26.8.99)