The Rev. Dr. JC Park, president of the World Methodist Council, issued the following statement on 18 May 2022
On behalf of the World Methodist Council, I wholeheartedly endorse the WCC acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr. Ioan Sauca’s Statement on COVID-19 crisis in the DPRK.
The WMC also endorses the WCC’s call for a centralized and coordinated approach to the
international response, through the UN, and for any obstacles presented to this response by
the current sanctions against the DPRK to be lifted as a matter of fundamental ethical and
humanitarian responsibility.The WMC strongly calls for a peacemaking summit between President Biden and President
Yun on May 20, 2022. Korea in particular and East Asia in general need real peace, not a
new Cold War and even a ‘hot peace’ which wages war in the name of peace. The WMC
reaffirms its commitment to the Roundtable for the Peace on the Korean Peninsula and will
continue to work together in solidarity with Ecumenical Forum for Peace, Reunification and
Development Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula.The WMC strongly calls for a peacemaking summit between President Biden and President
Yun on May 20, 2022. Korea in particular and East Asia in general need real peace, not a
new Cold War and even a ‘hot peace’ which wages war in the name of peace. The WMC
reaffirms its commitment to the Roundtable for the Peace on the Korean Peninsula and will
continue to work together in solidarity with Ecumenical Forum for Peace, Reunification and
Development Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula.
Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome 