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A World in Our Hands 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 of Women, Offices for, national 80, 82, 83, 136, 148, 152 Alá’í, 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, 111 Armenia 15, 29, 43, 45, 48 arts 68, 78, 85, 89, 95, 110, 111, 112, 121-123, 158 Association bahá’íe de Femmes, France 83, 152 Association for the Coherent Development of the Amazon (ADCAM) 301-305 Association médicale bahá’íe 104, 148, 152 Association of African Women on Research and De- velopment 148 Associations for Bahá’í Studies 118, 119, 121, 136 Australia 71, 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 of 40, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61

Bahamas 92, 113 Bahíyyih Khánum 150 Bahá’í Chair for World Peace, University of Mary- land at College Park, U.S.A. 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 Bahá’u’lláh, the statement 73

Baltic States 15, 45, 48, 81, 122 Banání, 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, Robert N. 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 Brazil 3, 92, 95, 98, 106, 111, 117, 134, 140, 169, 178, 301,314 British Broadcasting Corporation 72, 140 Bulgaria 81, 106, 109, 180 Burkina Faso 111, 112 Burundi 108 Bushrui, Suheil 164

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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 Clinton-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 11-12, 50 conferences 69, 88 conflict resolution 80, 120 Congo 91 [Page 342]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 Côte d’Ivoire 99, 112 covenant 185–222 Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh 240 Croatia 15, 114 Cuba 101, 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 El Hassan, Princess Rahma bint, of Jordan 103 El Salvador 96 Elazar, Daniel J. 189, 204, 205, 207, 215, 216 elections, Bahá’í 237, 238 Elias, Sabri 50, 312 Elizabeth II, Queen of England 71 Ellis, Wilma 181 Encyclopedia Britannica 4 environment 68, 78, 94–96, 97, 113, 118, 138, 178, 180

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 Forum 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 of Micronesia 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 Furútan, ‘Alí-Akbar 37, 67, 69, 70

G

Gabon 82 Gambia, the 106, 176, 177 ‎Gemayal Gemayel‎, 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

‎Gónez Göncz‎, Árpád, President of Hungary 112 Gorbachev, Mikhail, President of Green Cross International 94 Greatness Which Might Be Theirs, The 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

Ḥuqúqu’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 100–101

Health for Humanity 98, 134, 151, 152 [Page 343]Henry, Paul-Marc, Ambassador-at-Large of France 103

Hill, 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

Hungary 15, 77, 103, 105, 112, 122, 164

I

Iceland 114, 312

Iliescu, Ion, President of Romania 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

• Aborigines 90
• Amoogunas 113
• Guaymís 85
• Inuits 86, 313
• Maoris 87, 101, 113, 114
• Native Americans 86, 114
• Tlingits 311
• 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, 116–117, 118, 119

• Anís Zunúzí 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, U.S.A. 121
• Louis G. Gregory Bahá’í Institute, U.S.A. 109
• Masethla Institute, Zambia 137
• Olinga Institute, India 80

interfaith activities 68, 78, 90, 93–94, 118

international auxiliary language 127, 128, 163, 258–259

International Bahá’í Archives building 7

International Teaching Centre 37, 39, 50, 66, 69

International War Crimes Tribunal for former Yugoslavia 103

Inuit Circumpolar Conference 86

involvement in the life of society 101–107

Iran 30, 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 on 140, 143–144

Ireland, Republic of 79, 93, 163, 172, 175, 177, 180

Irfán 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

Lar 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

Mahramí, Dhabíḥu’lláh 140, 144

Malawi 72, 75, 82, 177

Malaysia 79, 83, 85, 92, 110, 117, 136, 137, 148, 150, 173, 174, 178, 181

Malietoa Tanumafili II, King of Western Samoa 84

Malietoa, Princess To’oa Tosi 73

Malta 179

Mandela, Nelson, President of South Africa 72 [Page 344]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, Theodoro 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, 171-182 Melic, Jordan 79, 168-169, 175 Mexico 38, 113 Mírzá ‘Ali-Muḥammad. See the Báb Mírzá Husayn-‘Alí. See Bahá’u’lláh Moldova 15, 34, 49, 53, 114 Moncho, James 314-315 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 Arc 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, 58-62, 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

O

Ocean of Light Project 73 One Country, newsletter of the Bahá’í International Community 126, 131 Ortuño López, 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, Shimon 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 Portugal 78, 116 poverty 72, 81, 107 presidents 69, 71, 72, 73, 75, 78, 82, 93, 102, 103, 112, 122 prominent people 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 Prosperity of Humankind, 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 Réunion 42 Rice, Emma 52 Ridván message (152 B.E.) 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-Hakim, Christine 107 Samoa 315 See also American Samoa and Western Samoa San Marino, Republic of 141 Sandel, Michael J. 228-230 São Tomé and Príncipe 34, 53 Schneider, Bertrand, Secretary-General of the Club of Rome 103 [Page 345]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 Senegal 80, 102, 112 Serbia 114 Seventh International Bahá’í Convention 37 Seychelles 112 sharing the message of Bahá’u’lláh 15, 77, 109–116

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, 112 Singapore 79, 84, 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 Spain 93, 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

Ṭáhirih 120 Tadjikistan 46 Taherzadeh, Habib 315–316 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 113

Hackney, United Kingdom 114

Heart of Australia Calling, Australia 113

Holy Mariner, New Zealand 113

Light of Unity Campaign, West Africa 112

Maori Vision III, 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

Woodburn, 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 Togo 112, 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 Point for All Nations 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

Fourth World Conference on Women 13, 67, 68, 80, 86, 130, 131, 135, 136, 138, 145–158, 174, 249, 285–287

[Page 346]General Assembly 254-259 General Assembly resolution on human rights in Iran 142 Habitat II 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 1990s 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 Dis- crimination 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 (UN- DP) 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 (UN- EP) 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 Núr, Bolivia 74 University of Maryland at College Park, United States 67, 69, 102, 118, 164 University of Maryland, Center for International De- velopment and Conflict Management 102, 118 Uruguay 111, 121, 141 USSR 15, 45, 48 Uzbekistan 15, 113, 114, 117

V

Vanuatu 92, 96, 107, 113, 159-160 Varqá, Dr. ‘Ali-Muḥammad 37, 53, 67, 70 Venezuela 74, 102, 112 Violence-Free Family, Building Block of a Peaceful 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, 174-175, 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 on Continental Boards of Counsellors 38 See also Bahá’í International Community, Of- fice for the Advancement of Women Women for International Peace and Arbitration 152, 153 Workshop Worldwatch Conference on Sustainable Development and International Co-operation 102, 131 World Citizenship: A Global Ethic for 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 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, Thérèse, First Lady of Madagascar 75 Zaire 77, 100 Zambia 4, 100, 110, 112, 115, 122, 131, 137 Zimbabwe 42, 109, 110, 117 [Page 347]ne hundred years, the Bahá’í Faith has grown from movement in the Middle East to the second-most the independent world religions. Embracing ore than 2,100 ethnic, racial, and tribal groups, it he most diverse organized body of people on the s unity challenges prevailing theory about human prospects for our common future.

central message is that of unity. Its Founder, aches that there is only one God, that there is only ce, 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’lláh 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 commu- and development. The volumes reproduce major provide statistical data and other detailed infor- Bahá’í Faith’s wide-ranging program of activities, trated by many photographs and charts. In-depth n major areas of Bahá’í concern.

ous researcher and the general student alike, the th of the Bahá’í Faith raises new and interesting he role of religion in social development. The eries has been redesigned primarily to meet these

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