Friends World Committee for Consultation

Friend World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) is a Quaker organization that works to communicate between all parts of Quakerism. FWCC's world headquarters is based in NGO status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations Organisation. FWCC is responsible for the Quaker UN Office with bases in Geneva and New York.

FWCC was set up at the US, "'to act in a consultative capacity to promote better understanding among Friends the world over, particularly by the encouragement of joint conferences and intervisitation, the collection and circulation of information about Quaker literature and other activities directed towards that end.'"

Structure
FWCC has four section in addition to the world office in London:
 * Africa Section, based in Nairobi, Kenya
 * Asia and West Pacific Section, based in Hong Kong, China
 * Europe and Middle East Section, based in Edinburgh, Scotland
 * Section of the Americas, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

In addition every three years FWCC organizes an international Triennial. The triennials are attended by about 175 representatives, appointed by the almost 70 affiliated yearly meetings and groups aiming to provide links among Friends. The 22nd Triennial will be held in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, with the theme "Finding the Prophetic Voice for our Time" in August 2007.

FWCC Triennials:
 * In 1991, the Fifth World Conference of Friends held on three sites - in The Netherlands, Honduras and Kenya – replaced the usual Triennial meeting.

As noted above, the second World Conference took place in Pennsylvania in 1937. The first had been held in the U.K. in 1920. The third as held in Oxford, U.K. in 1952 and the fourth in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.A. in 1967. It is proposed to hold a World Conference in 2012 in lieu of triennial gathering in 2010.