World Buddhist Sangha Council
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The World Buddhist Sangha Council (WBSC) is an international non-government organisation (NGO) whose objectives are to develop the exchanges of the Buddhist religious and monastic communities of the different traditions worldwide, and help to carry out activities for the transmission of Buddhism. It was founded in Colombo, Sri Lanka in May 1966. Since 1981, Ven. Pai Sheng was elected as president of WBSC and the headquarter of WBSC had moved to Taipei, Taiwan.
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WBSC's current President is Ven. Liao Zhong (Chinese: 釋了中) of Taiwan; its Honorary President is Ven. Sik Kok Kwong (1919–2014) of Hong Kong, Thich Tam-Chau (Vietnamese: Thích Tâm Châu/釋心珠) of Canada. Among the members of its Board of Elders are Ven. K. Sri Dhammananda (1919–2006), Ven. Somdej Phra Buddhacarya (1928–2013).