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The newly constituted WCRP/USA Executive Council met for the second time on March 3, 1997 and elected its officers: Moderator, The Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky, Orthodox Church in America; First Vice Moderator, Ms. Judith Hertz, Union of American Hebrew Congregations; Second Vice Moderator, Dr. Gurinder Singh Mann (Sikh), Columbia University; Treasurer, Ven. Chung Ok Lee, Won Buddhism of America; Rapporteur, The Rev. Dr. Bert Breiner, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. In the coming months, a new Secretary General for the U.S. chapter of WCRP is expected to be selected.

At the March, 1997 meeting the program was devoted to "United States Responsibility with regard to Global Issues Facing Children". Guest speakers were Ms. Rebeca Rios-Kohn, Senior Advisor on Child Rights, UNICEF, and Mr. Harold S. Fleming, former Deputy Asst. Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of State. In future meetings the Executive Council will continue to pursue the development of its Standing Commission on the Child, while beginning to explore additional program elements.

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