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INDEX
A
A World in OurHands 79, 168, 175
Abbott, Robert 181
‘Abdu’l-Bahá 6, 52, 60, 151, 155, 180, 186, 207, 209, 210, 213, 218, 232, 235, 236, 237, 264, 268, 269, 276, 277, 278, 279 selected writings of 332—333
Advancement OfWomen, Offices for, national 80, 82, 83, 136,148,152
Ala’i, Suhayl 182, 311—312
Alaska 52, 77, 86, 113, 157, 311
Albania 15, 69, 98, 109, 110, 131, 179
Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum 37, 42, 46, 47, 67, 69,70, 103, 132,133 American Samoa 172, 182, 311
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 172
Angola 66, 94
Antigua 136
Argentina 79, 82, 11 1
Armenia 15, 29, 43, 45, 48
arts 68, 78, 85, 89, 95,110,111,112,121—123,158
Association bahé’ie de Femmes, France 83, 152
Association for the Coherent Development of the Amazon (ADCAM) 301-305
Association médicale bahé’ie 104, 148, 152
Association of African Women on Research and Development 148
Associations for Bahá’í Studies 118, 119, 121, 136
Australia71, 77,79, 90, 100, 109, 110, 111, 113, 140, 165,175,178,181
Austria 105, 171, 178
Azerbaijan 15, 69
Azores 173
B Báb, the 5, 7, 332 Shrine of40, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61 Bahá’í Chair for World Peace, University of Maryland at College Park, USA. 102, 118, 164 Bahá’í Faith administrative order of 8—10, 39, 206, 237, 238 aims of 12—16 history of 4—10 laws and moral teachings 11 spiritual teachings 10 Bahá’í Health Agency of South Africa 99 Bahá’í International Community 4, 12-14, 28, 67, 68, 75, 94, 95, 102, 142, 152, 181, 210, 246, 247, 251, 258, 260, 285, 289, 296, 298, 299 activities of 125—138 description of 125 Office for the Advancement of Women 12, 126, 135-137, 147 Office of Public Information 126, 130—131 Office of the Environment 12, 126, 132, 133 United Nations Office 12, 125, 127, 129 Bahá’í World Centre 4, 7, 37, 62, 66, 70, 76, 182, 312, 313 prominent visitors to 29, 70—71, 130 Bahá’u’lláh 5, 14, 38, 44, 47, 150, 165, 185, 186, 207, 209, 211, 212, 214, 218, 221 , 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 238, 240, 252, 254, 263, 268, 277, 281, 282, 283,297 selected writings of 19—25, 331—332 Shrine of 42, 61 Baht? ’u ’lláh, the statement 73
Bahamas 92, 113
Bahíyyih Khánum 150
Baltic StaEw, 45,48, 81, 122
Banéni, Samiheh 312
Bangladesh 3, 115, 117, 166
Barbados 77, 102, 175
Barber, Benjamin R. 224, 225, 226, 227
Barrow, Dame Nita, Governor-General of Barbados 102
Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands 95, 167
Belarus 15, 29, 43, 48, 49, 50, 80
Belcher, Rodney Lynn 182, 309—311
Belgium 103, 105, 171
Belize 109, 164
Bellah, RobertN. 187, 188, 190, 204
Benin 112
Bermuda 90, 92, 181
Blums Community Service Award 177
Boeykens, Lily, UN Commission on the Status of Women 103
Bolivia 75, 79, 97, 131, 137, 148
book fairs 111, 112
Bophuthatswana 29, 166
Bosnia 85
Botswana 85, 101, 109, 110, 313
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros, UN Secretary General 152, 162, 169, 175
Brazil3, 92, 95,98, 106, 111,117,134,140, 169, 178, 301, 314
British Broadcasting Comoration 72, 140
Bulgaria 81, 106, 109, 180
Burkina Faso 111, 112
Burundi 108
Bushmi, Suheil 164
C
Cambodia 15, 66, 110
Cameroon 38, 104, 112, 137, 148
Canada 4, 42, 46, 49, 76, 80, 85, 86, 88, 89—90, 92, 98, 109,112,114,131,140,143,152,153,156,173, 174,179,180,181, 311, 312, 313
Canary Islands 91, 107, 311
Carter, Stephen L. 227, 228, 231
Central African Republic 81
Chad 81
Chair for Bahá’í Studies, Lucknow University, India 118, 120, 174
children 68, 73—76, 99, 100, 111, 120, 169, 178
Chile 83, 97,101, 123
China 67, 68, 70, 80, 86, 145
Ciskei 29
Claus, Prince, the Netherlands 95
Clinton, Bill, President of the United States 162
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, First Lady of the United States 85
C1inton~Davis, Lord and Lady 69, 70
Club of Budapest 103
Colombia 38, 117, 119, 303
Color Me Human Week 3
Commission on Global Governance 78, 246, 249, 283
Commonwealth of Independent States 45, 48
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 106
community life, Bahá’í 1 1—12, 50
conferences 69, 88
conflict resolution 80, 120
Congo 91
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consultation 80, 106, 291
Continental Boards of Counsellors Africa 176 Americas, the 181 Asia 48, 166 Australasia 167, 173, 311 Auxiliary Boards of 32—33, 42 Conference of 37—42, 68 Europe 50
Continental Counsellors 29, 30—31, 38
Cook Islands 83, 93, 101, 107, 113, 176 Queen of 101
Costa Rica 74, 85, 101, 105, 167, 168
C6te d’Ivoire 99, 112
covenant 185—222
Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh 240
Croatia 15, 114
Cub3101,111, 313
Cyprus 116, 165
Czech Republic 77, 81, 112, 130, 175
Czechoslovakia 15
D
Davis, Gail Avery 312
de Poort Conference Center, the Netherlands 103 democracy 229, 230
Denmark 67, 101, 110,
development. See social and economic development Djibouti 312
Dominican Republic 101
E Earth Charter Workshop, the Netherlands 94—95 Earth Summit. See United Nations Conference on Environment and Development East Leeward Islands 77, 84 Eastern Bloc 66 Eastern Caroline Islands 80, 101 ECO APLICADA 95, the Third Latin American Encounter of Environmental Educators 95 economic, social, and cultural rights 289—294 Ecuador 74, 97, 121 education 29, 32, 66, 80, 97, 106, 119 children’s classes 73, 117 conferences 75 environment 95, 96, 178 health 99 moral 73, 74, 75, 119 teacher training 49, 73, 74, 117 See also schools Egypt 103, 312 E1 Hassan, Princess Rahma bint, of J ordan 103 El Salvador 96 Elazar, Daniel J. 189, 204, 205, 207, 215, 216 elections, Bahá’í 237, 238 Elias, Sabri 50, 312 Elizabeth 11, Queen of England 71 Ellis, Wilma 181 Encyclopedia Britannica 4 environment 68, 78, 94-96, 97, 113, 118, 138, 178, l 80 See also Bahá’í International Community, Office of the Environment Environment, Offices of, national 95 Equatorial Guinea 73 Eritrea 15, 29, 43, 106, 108
Esperantists 258
Estonia 108, 122, 167
Ethiopia 38, 50, 51, 76, 83, 312 European Bahá’í Business F 0mm 106 European Bahá’í Youth Council 78, 134 European Parliament 140
European Task Force for Women 81 Eyford, Ruth 313
F
family 79, 80, 81, 83—85, 118, 134, 136, 148 violence 84—85, 136
Faroe Islands 110, 114, 121
Federated States ofMicronesia 101
Fiji 73, 113
Finland 38, 70, 75, 108, 110
Foster, William R. 312
Four Year Plan 31, 33, 38, 41, 42, 65, 67
Fourth International Dialogue on the Transition to a Global Society 67, 69, 102, 131
France 42, 79, 83, 92, 94, 98, 103, 104, 105, 107, 110,122,140,152
FUNDAEC 303
Furfitan, ‘Ali-Akbar 37, 67, 69, 70
G Gabon 82 Gambia, the 106, 176, 177 Gemayal, Amine, former President of Lebanon 103 Georgia 15, 29, 43, 44—47, 48, 79 Germany 38, 45, 48, 49, 79, 91, 92, 98, 103, 114, 140, 176, 181 Ghana 78, 112, 118 Gibraltar 108 girl child 153, 154, 298 global governance 67, 69, 75, 78, 102, 103 See also Commission on Global Governance Gt‘mez, Améd, President of Hungary 112 Gorbachev, Mikhail, President of Green Cross International 94 Greatness Which Might Be T heirs, T he 136, 155 Greece 91, 95,104,105,131, 148,176 Greenland 3, 86, 109 Grenada 312 Grossmann, Hartmut 50 Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith. See Shoghi Effendi Guardianship 8 Guatemala 101 Guinea 92, 97 Guinea-Bissau 116 Gushiken, Luiz, Federal Deputy, Brazil 98 Guyana 97,102,121,157,173,174,176, 312 Gypsies 115
H Huqfiqu’lláh, law of 67, 70 Haifa 2000 62 Haiti 116, 117 Hands of the Cause of God 9, 37, 39, 52, 53, 68, 311 Havel, Vaclav, President of the Czech Republic 227, 229, 230, 231 Hawaii 52, 76, 90, 93, 173, 174, 175, 181, 182, 312 health care 72, 97, 98~101 immunization 99 primary health workers 100—1 01 Health for Humanity 98, 134, 151, 152
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Henry, Paul—Marc, Ambassador—at—Large of France 103 H111, Eileen Dewar 313~314 Hinds, Samuel, Prime Minister of Guyana 157, 174 Hobsbawm, Eric 223, 224, 239 Hofman, Marion 314 Holy Days 53, 74, 77, 108 Honduras 101 Hong Kong 38, 42, 75, 107, 168 Houses of Worship 11 Australia 71 India 63, 181 Japan 119 Panama 91 Western Samoa 71, 167 human rights 12, 80, 88, 98, 104, 107, 119, 129~130, 134, 138, 176, 270—275 See also United Nations Human Rights and Citizenship Special Commission, Brazil 107 Hungary15, 77, 103, 105, 112,122, 164
I Iceland 114, 312 Iliescu, Ion, President ofRomania 102, 131 India 42, 46, 70, 74, 77, 79, 80, 82, 96, 102, 103, 110, 112,113,115,117,118,120,165,166,168,172, 173, 174, 177, 179, 312 judgement by the Supreme Court of 30 indigenous peoples 66, 68, 73, 76, 85—86, 101, 108, 113 Abori gines 90 Amoogunas 113 Guaynn's 85 Inuits 86, 313 Maoris 87, 101,113, 114 Native Americans 86, 114 Tlingits 31 1 Torres Strait Islanders 90 Indonesia 313, 314 Institute of Personal Law and Research, Bangladesh 117 institutes 33, 68, 77, 79, 81, 93, 97, 100, 110, 116117, 118, 119 Am’s Zum’tzi School, Haiti 117 Bahá’í Permanent Teaching Institute, Italy 120 Bahá’í Vocational Institute for Rural Women,
India 96
Djalal Eghrari Polytechnical Institute, Brazil 301-303
Institute for Bahá’í Studies, Wilmette, USA. 121
Louis G. Gregory Bahá’í Institute, USA. 109 Masethla Institute, Zambia 137 Olinga Institute, India 80 interfaith activities 68, 78, 90, 93—94, 118 international auxiliary language 127, 128, 163, 258259 International Bahá’í Archives building 7 International Teaching Centre 37, 39, 50, 66, 69 Internationa1War Crimes Tribunal for former Yugoslavia 103 Inuit Circumpolar Conference 86 involvement in the life of society 101—107 11211130, 105, 171—172, 181,311, 313,314 Bahá’í community of 14, 139—144
UN General Assembly resolution on human rights in 142 UN Special Rapporteur on Religious Intolerance 140, 142—143, 144 United Nations Special Representative 011 140, 143—144 Ireland, Republic Of79, 93, 163, 172, 175, 177, 180 Irfén Colloquium 120 Israel 62, 70 Italy 42, 53, 57, 69, 81,92, 103, 105, 109, 120, 122
J
Jagan, Cheddi, President of Guyana 176 Jamaica 77
Japan 71, 77, 84, 92, 113, 122,132 Jordan 92
K
Kabua, Amata, President of the Marshall Islands 71, 72, 103, 127—128, 163
Kaliningrad 110
Kaufman, Edy 103
Kazakhstan 15, 117
Kazibwe, Specioza Wandira, Vice President of Uganda 310
Kenya 42, 81, 100, 109, 131, 150, 311
Kiribati 71, 111
Kitáb—i-Aqdas 11, 67, 103, 207 release of Persian edition 34
Knights of Bahá’u’lláh 48, 52, 53, 312, 313
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 92
Korea, Republic of 70, 78, 116
Kyrgyzstan 15, 173, 176
L
Landegg Academy, Switzerland 102, 120 landmark occasions 108~109
Laos 99
L31 Linda Tanure, Brazil 304—305
Laszlo, Ervin, President of the Club of Budapest 103 Latvia 92, 108
League of Nations 243, 248
Leahy, Patrick, United States Senator 310
Lesser Peace 29, 64
Letters of the Living 120
Liberia 66,108,109,110,112,117,118,179, 312 Libya 312
literacy 66, 72, 82, 96, 97, 112
Lithuania 110, 122
Locke, John 189, 190—197, 208
Lucknow University, India 118, 120
Luxembourg 80, 105
M
Ma’atu, Prince, Tonga 84
Macau 74, 95, 97, 174, 178
Macedonia, former Yugoslavian Republic of 114
Madagascar 75, 79, 112, 164
Mahrami, Dhabihu’lláh 140, 144
Malawi 7277‘s, 82, 177
Malaysia 79, 83, 85, 92, 110, 117, 136, 137, 148, 150, 173,174,178,18l
Malietoa Tanumafili H, King of Western Samoa 84
Malietoa, Princess To’oa T031 73
Malta 179
Mandela, Nelson, President of South Africa 72
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Manifestations of God 10
Margaret, Princess, of England 162
Mariana Islands 42, 71, 73, 79, 106, 173, 177
Marshall Islands 71, 72, 78—79, 103, 115, 127, 173, 177, 178
Mauritius 78, 112, 164, 176
Mbasogo, Theodore Obiang Nguema, President of Equatorial Guinea 73
McCulloch, Mary 314
media 76, 82, 83, 84, 85, 91, 98, 101, 104, 105, 108, 110,113,115,121,123,1714182
Melic,J0rdan 79, 168-»169, 175
Mexico 38, 113
Mirzá ‘Ali~Muhammad. See the Báb
Mirzá Husayn-‘Ali. See Bahá’u’lláh
Moldova 15, 34, 49, 53, 114
Moncho, James 3 14315
Mongolia 3,15, 75, 98, 113,116
Mongolian Development Center 76, 98
moral development 98, 279—281
Morocco 312
Moscow Center for Gender Studies 154
Mount Carmel Projects 29, 55—64, 66 Are 55 Centre for the Study of the Texts 55—57 extension to the International Bahá’í Archives
building 56—57
International Teaching Centre 57~58 terraces 55, 5862, 63
Mozambique 116
Muluzi, Bakili, President of Malawi 72, 75
Myanmar 74, 117
N
N’Dow, Wally 134
Namibia 72
National Spiritual Assemblies, election of 29
Nepal 82
Netherlands, the 76, 90, 94, 95, 103, 105, 106, 152, 167
New Caledonia 92, 113
new world order 254, 282
New Zealand 77, 86, 87, 113, 114, 117, 172, 173, 174,175,179, 311
NGO Forum on Women ’95 147»151 See also United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women
Nicaragua 74, 101
Niger 38, 73,112,117
Nigeria 80, 112, 174
Northern Ireland 122
Norway 70, 75,105,115,117,171,179,182
Nujoma, Kovambo, First Lady of Namibia 73
0
Ocean of Light Project 73
One Comm)», newsletter of the Bahá’í International Community 126, 131
Ortufio Lépez, Juana 315
Our Global Neighborhood 78, 128
P
Pacific Horizons International Conference 86, 87, 173
Pakistan 91, 97, 150
Panama 49, 70, 74, 86, 91, 97
Papua New Guinea 38, 113, 115, 182
Paraguay 113
Parliament of the World’s Religions 162, 279
peace 5, 14, 68, 78, 79, 80, 81, 85, 91—93, 103, 134, 147, 157, 166, 167, 176, 180 women and 136
Peace Corps 76, 84
Peace Monument, Brazil 92, 178
Peace Pavilion, Canada 92
peacekeeping 127, 128
Perez, Shilnon 62
Peru 74, 92, 97,101,111
Philip, Prince (the Duke of Edinburgh) 69, 72
Philippines, the 38, 42, 46, 92, 97, 104, 314, 315
Poland 15, 70, 110
Portuga178, 116
poverty 72, 81, 107
presidents 69, 71, 72, 73, 75, 78, 82, 93, 102, 103, 112, 122
prominentpeople 84, 90,91, 93, 101, 103, 104, 105, 107, 109, 119
Promise of World Peace, The 14, 72, 73, 112
prosperity 98, 101, 102, 107, 119
Prospen‘ly ofHunmnkind, The 15, 73, 101, 102, 130, 134, 165, 176, 210, 272, 289
Puerto Rico 72, 157
R race unity 68, 72, 86—91 Race Unity Day 86, 88 Radio Bahá’í 97 Ecuador 121 Peru 111 the Philippines 97 radio stations 74, 118 recognition of the Bahá’í Faith 68, 107—108 Reunion 42 Rice, Emma 52 Riḍván message (152 BE.) 28—30 Rissho Kosei~Kai 71 Robinson, Mary, President of the Republic of Ireland 93, 180 Rodrigues Island 112 Romania 15, 38, 72, 89, 92, 102, 105, 131 Roohizadegan, Olya 171 Rosello, Pedro, Governor of Puerto Rico 72 Ruhi Institute, Colombia 119 Russia 15,48, 49,104,105,108,110,113,163,178, 179 Chita 74 Chokotka 86 Siberia 113 Yakutia 76 Rwanda 112
S Sahba, Fariborz 57, 59, 63 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 173, 177 Samandari-Ḥakím, Christine 107 Samoa 315 See also American Samoa and Western Samoa San Marino, Republic of 141 Sande], Michael J. 228—230 850 Tomé and Principe 34, 53 Schneider, Bertrand, Secretary-General of the Club of Rome 103
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scholarship 68, 117—121 schools 66, 72, 74, 75, 89, 91, 97, 99, 100, 117 Banani Rural Secondary School for Girls, Zambia 137 Colegio Bahá’í Nur, Chile 168 Masrour Vocational School, Brazil 305 Maxwell International Bahá’í Secondary School, Canada 89 Ocean of Light International Primary School 178 School of the Nations, Brazil 167 See also education Scotland 110, 173 Selznick, Philip 200, 201, 202, 206, 208, 215, 218 Senega180, 102, 112 Serbia 114 Seventh International Bahá’í Convention 37 Seychelles 112 sharing the message of Bahá’u’lláh 15, 77, 109—1 16 conferences 52, 69, 110 Shetland Islands 172, 173 Shoghi Effendi 7, 8, 13, 28, 58, 64, 67, 187, 207, 210, 215, 218, 219, 221, 233, 237, 238, 239, 241 selected writings of 333 Sicily 15, 29, 43, 52, 53, 70 Sierra Leone 66, 108, 1 12 Singapore 79, 94, 95, 117, 165, 168, 173, 175, 178, 180 Singh, Karan, Auroville Foundation 103 Slovak Republic 92, 178 Slovenia 15, 104, 114, 122 social and economic development 66, 68, 96-101, 102, 131, 319 conferences 97, 98 Solomon Islands 74, 113, 117, 175, 177, 182 Soraya, Nurredin 315 Sorensen, Gillian, UN Under-Secretary General 126, 128, 163, 164 South Africa 29, 72, 79, 99, 109, 112, 121, 162, 166, 172, 313 Spain93,105,107,110, 115,313 King and Queen of 107 Spiritual Assemblies, National new in 1995 43—53 to be formed in 1996 53 Sri Lanka 79, 84, 94, 97, 123, 179 Ssabasajja Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, of Buganda, Uganda 310 St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles (West Leeward Islands) 107 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 77, 177 Strong, Maurice, Chairman of the Earth Council 94 Summit on the Alliance between Religions and Conservation 67, 69, 131, 132—133, 138 Swaziland 93, 102, 164, 174, 180 Sweden 75, 80, 108, 110 Switzerland 80, 92, 102, 120
T
Táhirih 120
Tadjikistan 46
Taherzadeh, Habib 315—3 16 Taiwan 74, 95, 178
Tajikistan 15
Talon, Ama Dahan 316 Tanzania 94,110,165,181, 310
Tasi, Leala 316 teaching conferences 48 teaching projects Cabudare Project, Venezuela 112 Enoch Olinga, Senegal 112 Enoch Olinga, Uganda 112 Ephraim Te Paa, New Zealand 113 Fazli, India 1 13 Hackney, United Kingdom 1 14 Heart of Australia Calling, Australia 113 Holy Mariner, New Zealand 1 13 Light of Unity Campaign, West Africa 112 Maori Vision 111, Canada 114 Marian Jack VII, Russia, Siberia, Mongolia 113 Muhájir, South Korea 116 Neman 94 49 Ocean of Light, the Pacific 113 Sparks of Peace, the Caribbean 77 traditional, Papua New Guinea 113, 115 Woodbum, United States 113 Tenorio, Grace, First Lady of Saipan 71 Thailand 74 Three Year Plan 34, 42, 55, 64, 65—68 Tito, Teburoro, President of Kiribati 71 Tobey, Mark 181 T0g0112,117,164,165 Tonga 84,107,110,117,119,178 "Towards a Global Ethic" 279 Traditional Media as Change Agent 137, 148 Transkei 29 Trinidad and Tobago 77, 92, 157, 174, 179, 181 Tunisia 142 Turkey 42, 83, 92,110, 114, 131,134, 314 Turkmenistan 15 Turks and Caicos Islands 182 Turning PainffiN‘AllNations 15, 101, 104, 126, 161, 162, 169, 175, 298 exhibit in Geneva 164 presentation to dignitaries 164—166 seminar 127—129, 163 text of statement 241—283 Turvey, Reginald 121 Tutu, Archbishop Desmond 162 Tuvalu 75, 113 Two Year Teaching Plan 45, 49
U Uganda 97, 99, 112, 176, 182, 309, 311 Ukraine 15, 34, 49, 92 United Kingdom 46, 49, 62, 69, 70, 71, 77, 79, 84, 92, 98, 99, 102, 110, 119, 122, 140, 163, 172, 173, 312, 313 United Nations 12, 28, 49, 67, 78, 79, 104, 105, 139, 142, 145, 241—283 Charter 243—244 Commission on Human Rights 129, 142, 144, 295 Commission on Sustainable Development 138 Commission on the Status of Women 103, 138, 153 Conference on Environment and Development 12, 249, 270 Decade for Human Rights Education 295—299 F ourth World Conference on Women 13, 67, 68, 80, 86,130,131,135,136,138,145—158,174, 249, 285—287
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General Assembly 254—259 General Assembly resolution 011 human rights in Iran 142 Habitat H 130, 134 Human Rights Day 104, 131, 176 International Conference on Population and Development 249 International Day of Peace 91 International Women’s Day 80, 81, 82 International Year of Tolerance 175 New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 19908 137 Secretary General 152, 162, 169, 175 report of 144 Security Council 260-262 Special Rapporteur on Religious Intolerance 140, 142—143, 144 Special Representative on Iran 140, 143—144 Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities 142 UN 50 15, 67, 68, 104, 126—129, 138, 157, 159—170, 175, 245, 298 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 75, 84, 109, 125,129,136,138,148,153,157, 161, 262 United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)84,136, 137,148, 161 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 80, 137, 146, 165, 226 United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)125,138,153,161 United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 94, 102 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 132, 161 Universal Declaration of Human Rights 189, 255, 295, 298 World Conference on Human Rights 12, 249, 271 World Environment Day 92, 96 World Health Organization 70, 161, 262 World Summit for Children 249 World Summit for Social Development 12, 15 , 28, 67,101, 176,180, 249 Year of the Family 85 United States 3, 42, 49, 67, 70, 78, 84, 85, 86, 88—89, 92, 94, 97, 98, 102, 103, 113, 117, 119, 120, 121, 134, 140, 141, 152, 153, 162, 163, 164, 171, 172, 173, 175, 179, 182, 240, 309, 310, 312 House of Representatives 141 Unity in Diversity Week 89 Universal House of Justice 4, 9, 37, 38, 39, 46, 48, 50, 55, 59, 63, 64, 69,70, 98, 117, 210, 219, 234, 236, 240, 311, 313, 314 messages of 27—34, 41 Universidad Bolivariana, Chile 101 Universidad Nl’lr, Bolivia 74 University of Maryland at College Park, United States 67, 69, 102, 118, 164 University of Maryland, Center for International Development and Conflict Management 102, 118 Umguay111,121,141 USSR 15, 45, 48 Uzbekistan15,113,114,117
V
Vanuatu 92, 96, 107, 113, 159—160
Varqé, Dr. ‘Ali—Muhammad 37, 53, 67, 70
Venezuela 74, 102, 112
Violence-Free Family, Building Block (gfa Peacqfill Civilization, The 136
Voice of America, Persian Service 69
von Sponeck, Hans 166
W
Walker, David 82
West Leeward Islands 108
Western Samoa 3, 71, 73, 84, 167, 182, 311
WETV 80
Winkelbach, Helmut and Olga 48, 49
women 68, 73, 79—85, 89, 96, 97, 99, 100, 106, 111, 112, 128, 129, 136, 137, 138, 145—158, 166, 1744175, 177, 275—279, 285—287 advancement of 66, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 98, 106,
119,135, 136,152, 311 conferences 49, 67, 68, 80, 81, 85, 86, 135 01) Continental Boards of Counsellors 38 See also Bahá’í International Community, Office for the Advancement of Women
Women for International Peace and Arbitration 152, 1 53
Workshop Worldwatch Conference on Sustainable Development and International Co-operation 102, 131
World Citizenship:A Global Ethicfar Sustainable Development 134
World Citizenship Awards, Brazil 167
World Conference of Children 169
World Conference on Religion and Peace 67, 71
World Court 256, 263-265
World Day of Prayer for Peace 91
World Federalist Association 78 1
world order 221
World Religion Day 180
World Summit on Global Governance 249
world unity 241
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) 132
World Women 158
WorldWatch Institute 224
Y youth 66, 68, 69, 72, 76—79, 85, 97, 115, 116, 155, 178, 179 conferences 47, 49, 76, 78—79 Youth ’95 Alliance for Progressive Global Change 78 youth workshops 76—77, 78, 88, 90, 112, 150, 178 Yugoslavia, former 85, 103, 114
Z
Zafy,Thérése, First Lady of Madagascar 75 Zaire 77, 100
Zambia4, 100,110,112, 115, 122,131,137 Zimbabwe 42, 109, 110, 117
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)rospects for our common future.
central message is that of unity. Its Founder, aches that there is only one God, that there is only
- e, and that all the world’s religions have been
velation of God’s purpose for humankind. Today, collectively come of age: “The earth is but one .’u’llah asserts, “and mankind its citizens.” The he Bahá’í community offers persuasive evidence race, in all its diversity, can learn to live and work )le in its planetary homeland. World is the principal public record of the commu1nd development. The volumes reproduce major . provide statistical data and other detailed inforSaha’i Faith’s wide-ranging program of activities, trated by many photographs and charts. In-depth h major areas of Bahá’í concern. ous researcher and the general student alike, the h of the Bahá’í Faith raises new and interesting he role of religion in social development; The ieries has been redesigned primarily to meet these
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