On June 23, 2020, at the request of the Society of Biblical Literature, Prof. Jan Joosten resigned from all positions, associations, and pending publications of the Society. He is no longer a member of SBL.

As part of SBL's commitment to human rights—especially the protection of children from exploitation—the SBL Council has directed a contribution to Thorn, an organization that works to eliminate child sexual abuse from the internet and across all international boundaries.

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In 2007 the International Cooperation Initiative (ICI) was founded under the leadership of a three-person Task Force. The Initiative has flourished and is now under the direction of the ICI Committee. Questions about the ICI and its programs may be directed to any of the committee members. Members of this committee serve a three-year term, renewable for a second term.

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Members of the committee:

Name	Term	Years of Term
S. Teofilo Correa	1	2018–2020
Jaqueline S. du Toit	1	2018–2020
David Hamidovic	2	2019–2021
David Joy	1	2020–2022
Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spanò	1	2019–2021
Carmen Palmer	1	2018–2020
Juan Manuel Tebes (Chair)	2	2018–2020

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