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efforts should be sustained by the search for new forms of relationships at all levels between WCC member
churches, other churches and other ecumenical organizations.
Other organizations and groups
4.13 The inseparable connection between work for the unity of the church and work for the healing and
wholeness of all creation will often bring the Council into dialogue and collaboration with persons, groups
and organizations that are not identified by a specific Christian purpose or commitment. This includes in
particular representative organizations of other faith communities or inter-religious bodies. While in these
cases a structural relationship would be not be possible or appropriate, they are indispensable partners for
the WCC in its effort to foster dialogue and cooperation with people of other faiths in order to build viable
human communities.
4.14 Mention must also be made of the large number of international non-governmental organizations and
other groupings of civil society at the national and international levels, as well as governmental and intergovernmental
institutions, particularly the United Nations and its various specialized agencies (with which
the Council has long maintained consultative status). The challenges of globalization and the search for an
international order of justice and peace necessitate close contacts between the WCC and such
organizations.
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