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By Pope

The World Council of Churches is one of the many voices around the globe urging the the 54th World Economic Forum taking place in Davos, Switzerland,  to commit to  the longer-term good of all people.

The annual gathering bringing together leaders from government, business and civil society to discuss and shape global, regional, and industry agenda will conclude on Friday, 19 January after four days of discussions focused on the theme  鈥淩ebuilding Trust鈥� as the world faces multiple crises.  

Without trust world cannot function

In a this week WCC general secretary Rev. Jerry Pillay noted that trust is the essential ingredient without which human societies鈥攁nd the global community鈥攃annot function. 鈥淗owever, in today鈥檚 divided and increasingly conflictual world, it is a commodity in critically short supply,鈥� he said. 鈥淲hile some of those in attendance in Davos are themselves drivers of inequality, injustice, and division, we want to believe that many others are genuinely committed to exercising their considerable influence to promote a greater measure of justice and peace in the world.鈥�

The  General Secretary of WCC  remarked that rebuilding trust,   will be an essential precondition for progress in any of the four areas discussed during the Forum: 鈥楢chieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World鈥�, 鈥楥reating Growth and Jobs for a New Era,鈥� 鈥楢rtificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society,鈥� and 鈥楢 Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature, and Energy.鈥�

Urgent need for multilateral cooperation to address current world crises

鈥淕iven the unprecedented constellation of global crises 鈥� especially of climate, conflict, and economic inequality 鈥� there is an urgent need for cooperation and action, rather than division and unconstructive competition,鈥� he stressed.

Hence the urgent need for a renewed commitment to multilateral cooperation to address the current epochal crises 鈥淭he power of this gathering must be leveraged for rebuilding trust and the renewal of commitment to multilateral cooperation in facing these crises, not only in the short-term interests of a privileged few but for the longer-term good of all people and our common home," the WCC General Secretary said.

Pope Francis, on Wednesday, addressed a message to the world leaders in Davos along  the same lines,  calling on them 鈥渢o  be mindful of the moral responsibility that each of us has in the fight against poverty, the attainment of an integral development for all our brothers and sisters, and the quest for a peaceful coexistence among peoples.鈥�