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Lutheran World Federation

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	Lutheran World Federation
Organization's acronym:	LWF
Address:	Octagon Building A Chemin du Pavillon 2 CH-1218 Le Grand-Saconnex Switzerland
Phone:	41-22-791-6111
Fax:	41-22-791-6630
Email:	Isaiah.Toroitich@lutheranworld.org
Web site:	www.lutheranworld.org/
Organization type:	Non-governmental organization
Languages:	English Spanish French German

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Children De-mining Debt Relief Development Disabled Persons Education Environment Extreme poverty Family Financing for Development Food Governance Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs Indigenous Peoples International Law Justice Least Developed Countries Media Micro-Credit Minority Rights New Global Institutions Peace and Security Population Refugees Religion Social Development Statistics Sustainable Development Torture United Nations Reform Violence Water Women Youth Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Human rights of women Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women Service provision Violence against women Women and the economy Women and the environment Social Development: Disabled persons Indigenous issues Poverty Youth Sustainable Development: Climate change Gender equality Health Sustainable development in a globalizing world Trade and environment
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Estonia Kazakhstan Argentina Norway United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Guatemala Costa Rica Lithuania Nigeria Ukraine Zambia Republic of Korea United States of America Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Cameroon Democratic Republic of the Congo Nicaragua Croatia Malawi Mexico Peru Central African Republic Russian Federation Switzerland Japan Philippines Iceland Rwanda Hungary Suriname Zimbabwe Denmark Liberia El Salvador Senegal Bangladesh Indonesia Jordan Belarus Kenya France Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Italy Serbia Austria Mozambique Chile Romania Canada Netherlands Colombia Singapore Kyrgyzstan Botswana Angola China Myanmar Slovenia Poland Slovakia Honduras Eritrea Ecuador South Africa Germany Czechia Latvia Ethiopia United Republic of Tanzania Malaysia Papua New Guinea Brazil Namibia Australia Ghana Madagascar Finland India Sweden Thailand Guyana
Mission statement:	The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is a global communion of churches in the Lutheran tradition, living and working together for a just, peaceful, and reconciled world. We strive to put our Christian faith into action through humanitarian and development work, advocacy, shared witness, and dialogue. The LWF meets the needs of people irrespective of race, sex, creed, nationality, or political conviction. The LWF works to foster awareness, advocacy, solidarity and action at local, national, and international levels, on a wide range of human rights, humanitarian, and development issues.
Year established (YYYY):	1947
Year of registration (YYYY):	1952
Organizational structure:	It is governed by a Council and an Executive Committee. It holds its general assembly every six to seven years. The operations of the LWF are led and coordinated by its Communion Office, based in Geneva and led by the LWF General Secretary, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the organization
Number and type of members:	The LWF is a membership organization of 154 churches in 100 countries, represented all the regions of the world

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:

Non-governmental organization

Other UN Entities

Accreditation with other UN Entities:

UNEP
UNHCR
CONGO