MINUTES OF APJN BUSINESS MEETING
April 20, 1999
Communications: A web site for APJN will be established shortly after the meeting through the auspices of ECUSA. A page will be available to each Province to post written reports and to update the Communion on local issues.
Most of the membership now has email addresses that will greatly facilitate communications between meetings. Emerging technology is now more accessible and is changing the landscape of communication across the Communion in dramatic ways.
UN Observer: Much time was spent discussing the future of the office of the Anglican Observer to the UN. A letter to the Secretary General of the ACC and the Archbishop of Canterbury will be written to convey the following points:
- There should be transparency in the search process.
- A clear job description with accountabilities should be shared widely inviting applicants from throughout the Communion. The relationships of the office to Canterbury, to the ACO, to the Primates, to the ACC, and to networks and other constituent groups should be spelled out. APJN desires a close working relationship with the office, as both have overlapping concerns and can undergird one another.
- The incumbent should be experienced in international relations and theology. The successful candidate would be expected to work ecumenically with other church NGOs at the UN. The person could be lay or ordained and come from any Province of the Communion. The search committee should operate under an equal opportunity policy.
- The search committee should be made up of persons widely representative of the Communion. APJN has members who could serve well on such a committee.
- Looking to the future, the committee now advising the office might be better broken into two committees, one responsible for fund raising only, and the other, more representative of the whole Communion, might offer direction and advice to the office as well as the ACC.
Site of next meeting: Aotearoa (New Zealand). South Africa and Sri Lanka offered to host the meeting to follow Aotearoa, probably in 2002. The steering committee will make the final determination.
Steering Committee: the committee elected Jenny Te Paa, Vivian Sau Lin, Themba Vundla, Brian Grieves, and Luiz Prado to serve on the steering committee.
APJN Participants
Name Province
Joy Kennedy Canada
Miguel Palacious IARCA (Central America)
The Rev. Dr. Jae Joung Lee Korea
Sara Afshari Jerusalem/Middle East (Iran)
The Rev. Themba J. Vundla Southern Africa
Lin Sau Lin Hong Kong
The Rev. Harold M. MwangÕombe Kenya
Delene M. Mark Southern Africa
Mark Bennett Jerusalem/Middle East (Egypt)
The Rev. Mkunga H.P. Mtingele Tanzania
Suhail Dawani Jerusalem/Middle East (Jerusalem)
The Most Rev. Andrew Mya Han Myanmar
The Rev. Naim Ateek consultant
Geoffrey Kayigi Rwanda
Eksith Fernando Sri Lanka
The Rev. Andrew Davey England
Jenny Te Paa Aeotearoa (New Zealand)
The Rt. Rev. Pie Ntukamazina Burundi
The Rt. Rev. Luiz Prado Brazil
The Rev. Samuel I. Koshiishi NSKK (Japan)
Frank Rwakabwohe Uganda
The Rev. Brian J. Grieves ECUSA
Tom Hart ECUSA
The Rev. Jeremiah Guen Seok Yang Korea
The Rev. Francis Joo-yup Lee Korea
The Most Rev. Robert G.A. Okine West Africa
Andrew A. Tauli Philippines
Jossette Randrianarison Indian Ocean
Valerie Martin Wales
The Rt. Rev. Michael H.G. Mayes Ireland
Priscilla Ju-young Lee Korea