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Conference of the International Catholic Organisations
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Born in 1927
under the title of "Conference of Presidents", the Conference of the ICO
was made into an institution and was endowed with
a judicial personality in 1951,
some years after the Second World War, at the time when the Society of
Nations was disappearing and when UNO was being built up.
The Conference was constituted a non profit-making association under
Swiss law and was ruled by articles 60 and following from the Swiss
Civil Code. Its official recognition by the Holy See was accorded to
it in 1953 on the occasion of its first General Assembly in Rome .
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Missions
The Conference of the 36 ICO’s want to be place for reflection
and dialogue for the International Organisation of lay people
recognized by the holy See, which especialy focus on facing
mankind’s challenges in political, economic, social, cultural and
spiritual fields, especially by bringing their contributions to the
work done in those fields at international level.
On the basis of its Charter, the Conference
gathers international organisations of lay people that, with a view
to fully live faith in Jesus Christ, also experience the fact that
the Christian presence in the world implies
- the action for the
integral development of all;
- a practical experience of listering, the ecuménical and
inter-religious dial all, a practical experience of the
conviction that “the Spirit blows on all me a straight
consciousness”;
- a priority commitment to the light of the Gospel for and with
the poorest values of peace, brotherhood, justice, for the
respect, defencse and promot human rights and dignity and the
safeguard of creation;
- a usual collaboration with other forms of organisation.
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Members
Space for dialogue and concerted
action:
• For 36 autonomous International Catholic Organizations (ICO)
• For more than 150 million members of ICO’s on all 5 continents, who
strive to be more aware of and responsible for the destiny of humanity
• For 3 Centers in Geneva, New York, Paris which facilitate relations
with the various bodies of the United Nations
People-centred aims
• To defend and promote the dignity of the human person
• To respond to the aspirations of peoples from all sectors and walks
of life: young people, women, context of life, professions...
With these aims and based on experience at grassroots level, the
Conference acts and works with a variety of International bodies.
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Most of the ICO, considered as NGO’s - non governmental organisations -
exercise a consultative statute towards the official regional
authorities:
The Council of Europe whose headquarters are in Strasbourg.
http://www.coe.int/
The European Union whose principal headquarters are in Brussels.
http://www.europa.eu.int/
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President
M. Ernest
Koenig
Albrechtsgasse 98 A-2500 BADEN
fax : 0043 2252 49276
e-mail : oic@mildioz.at
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Vice
president WUCWO
Mme Maria Eugenia Diaz de Pfennich
Espuela, 6 Rincon Colonial de Calacoaya
C.P. 52996 Atizapan Mexico
fax: 0052 5553987034
e-mail: wucwopre@infosel.net.mx
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Ecclesiastical assistant
P. Nelson Roque Viola
Palazzo San Calisto
c/o Caritas Internationalis
00120 Città del Vaticano
fax: 39 06 698 873 87
e-mail: ci.eccldvisor@caritas.va
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Administrator
M. Fernand Vincent
Rue de Varembé, 3 CH-1211 GENÈVE 20 Suisse
fax : 41-22-733 83 92
e-Mail : coic@freesurf.ch |
http://www.oic-ico.org/
Contact:
daniel.vanespen@signis.net |
Secretary
M. Juergen Bringmann, AMI
Breite Strasse 25
D-53111 Bonn Germany
Fax: 0049 228638763
e-mail: 1. CICO.Sec@web.de
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News:
M Daniel Vanespen 23/06/05
« We are actively preparing for the next General Assembly of the
Conference of the ICO, which will be held in Jerusalem, from 18
to 22 November 2005. The theme of the Conference is "For a Culture
of Peace - today and forever, here and everywhere". There will be
organised a "Public Act" on the 20 November 2005. Various contributions
have been gathered up in relation with this theme on "Home Page: rapid
connections
http://www.oic-ico.org/".
For its part, SIGNIS,
Catholic Worldwide Association for Communication, is bringing a specific
contribution to it. A European Ecumenical workgroup of SIGNIS- WACC
is bringing a reflection and an action plan on the theme: "Medias at
the service of a culture of peace". A brochure exists in French,
English, Spanish to this effect.
On the
other hand, The bishops’ Commission for the Means of Social
Communication in Lebanon
with the help of SIGNIS-Middle East and an International delegation of
SIGNIS World are jointly organising an "International Conference " on
this theme, in Beirut from 6 to 8 October 2005.
The conclusions which can be drawn will allow us to pursue this
programme and to fix on a considered resolution at the time of the
world Congress which SIGNIS is organising , in Lyon (Valpré) on the 5
and
6 November 2005. »
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