| | Presidium Letter to CEC Member Churches |
 | | When the Presidium met in Palermo from 4 to 7 October, it reflected on the tragic and terrible atrocities which took place in New York and Washington on 11 September. |
 | | The General Secretary and programme staff of CEC's Church and Society Commission, meeting in Brussels on 21 September a few hundred metres from the meeting of the European Union heads of state and government, prayed for wisdom to be given to that meeting as it considered the European Union's response. |
 | | In the light of these considerations, the Presidium decided that we should write on its behalf to the member churches of CEC to encourage them, in their contacts with governments and international political institutions and organisations, to underline the need for certain principles to be maintained in any response. |
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