MUHJ63-86/78/Attainment of Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council

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Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986
Attainment of Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council

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18 February 1970

[Page 167]To all National Spiritual Assemblies

78.1 JOYFULLY ANNOUNCE BAHÁ’Í WORLD ATTAINMENT CONSULTATIVE STATUS UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL THEREBY FULFILLING LONG CHERISHED HOPE BELOVED GUARDIAN AND WORLD CENTER GOAL NINE YEAR PLAN.^[1] SUSTAINED PERSISTENT EFFORTS MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVES BAHÁ’Í INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY UNITED NATIONS DEVOTED SUPPORT BAHÁ’Í COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT WORLD FINALLY REWARDED. SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT ADDS PRESTIGE INFLUENCE RECOGNITION EVER ADVANCING FAITH BAHÁ’U’LLÁH. OFFERING PRAYERS GRATITUDE HOLY SHRINES.

UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE

Notes

↑ In a meeting on 12 February 1970 the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, the functional committee of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) responsible for its relationship with nongovernmental organizations, had unanimously recommended that the Bahá’í International Community’s application for consultative status be approved. ECOSOC formally accepted that recommendation on 27 May 1970.

[1] In a meeting on 12 February 1970 the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, the functional committee of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) responsible for its relationship with nongovernmental organizations, had unanimously recommended that the Bahá’í International Community’s application for consultative status be approved. ECOSOC formally accepted that recommendation on 27 May 1970.

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