Restrictions for HIV-related travel.Arusha, Tanzania The main governing body of the Lutheran World Federation “LWF” redirects here. For the aircraft, see Light Weight Fighter. The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is a global communion of national and regional Lutheran churches headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. has called on its member churches to advocate for the removal of discriminatory travel and entry restrictions, and similar examples of stigmatization stigmatization /stig·ma·ti·za·tion/ (stig?mah-ti-za´shun) 1. the developing of or being identified as possessing one or more stigmata. 2. the act or process of negatively labelling or characterizing another. , of people living with HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. . "We [the LWF council] draw the attention of LWF member churches to the existence in approximately 70 countries of travel and entry restrictions which discriminate against people living with HIV," the council stated, when it received recommendations of its program committee for international affairs and human rights, presented by Rev. David Pfrimmer of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) (French: Eglise Evangelique Lutherienne au Canada) is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination, with 182,077 baptized members in 624 congregations. . The recommendation was made during the adoption of proposals from the committee at the June meeting in Arusha, Tanzania of the LWF council, the 68-million-strong Lutheran grouping's main governing body. The Council requested the LWF general secretary to write to the government of the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, and other leading supporters of HIV-related travel and entry restrictions, seeking the elimination of such restrictions. ECUMENICAL NEWS INTERNATIONAL |
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