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Documents from the Bahá'í International Community

  1. Bahá'í International Community. 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (2008-02-06). Bahá'í International Community’s Statement on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights
  2. Bahá'í International Community. Activities in Support of International Literacy Year - 1990 (1991-02-04). The BIC actively supports the work of the International Task Force on Literacy, including international meetings, whilst promoting numerous national activities concerned with literacy, education, and the empowerment of women.
  3. Bahá'í International Community. Activities in the Bahá'í World Community to Improve the Status of Women during the United Nations Decade for Women (1985-07-15). Report presented to the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace
  4. Bahá'í International Community. Advocates for African Food Security: Lessening the Burden for Women (1991-02-27). A joint statement to the 35th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, Agenda Item 4: Monitoring the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women
  5. Bahá'í International Community. Año Internacional de la Mujer, El (1974). Exposición presentada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá’í en el 25° período de sesiones de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer.
  6. Bahá'í International Community. Aplicación de la Declaración sobre la Eliminación de todas las formas de intolerancia y discriminación fundadas en la religión o las convicciones, 1988 (1988-02-17). intolerancia y discriminación
  7. Bahá'í International Community. Aplicación del Programa de acción para el Segundo Decenio de la lucha contra el racismo y la discriminación racial (1947-02). lucha contra el racismo
  8. Bahá'í International Community. Bahá'í Declaration of Human Obligations and Rights, A (1947-02). The source of human rights is the endowment of qualities, virtues and powers which God has bestowed upon humankind without discrimination of sex, race, creed or nation; an ordered society can only be maintained by moral beings.
  9. Bahá'í International Community. Baha'i Institute Of Higher Education, The: A Creative And Peaceful Response To Religious Persecution In Iran (1999-04-01). Overview of the history and architecture of BIHE, the independent, full-fledged, yet completely decentralized, university system run by Bahá'ís in Iran.
  10. Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian. Bahá'í Perspective on Drug Abuse Prevention, A (1991-01). Article from the publication of the International Drug Control Programme and distributed as a BIC document.
  11. Bahá'í International Community. Bahá'í Question, The: Cultural Cleansing in Iran (2008-09).
  12. Bahá'í International Community. Bahá'í Statement on Nature, The (1987). Prepared as official statement by the BIC Office of Public Information for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
  13. Bahá'í International Community. Bahá'í World 2004-2005, The: Activities Report (2007). The Bahá'í community's promotion of human rights, the advancement of women, social development, and reform processes at the United Nations.
  14. Bahá'í International Community. Bahá'í World 2005-2006, The: Activities Report (2008). The BIC's promotion of human rights, the advancement of women, social development, and reforming the human rights machinery at the United Nations; involvement with the 2005 World Summit.
  15. Bahá'í International Community. Bahá'ísm - Its Origins and Role: A Rebuttal (1983-08). The complete Iranian document "Bahaism — its origins and its role" together with BIC commentary on that document.
  16. Bahá'í International Community. Base Espiritual de la Igualdad, La (1985-07-10).
  17. Bahá'í International Community. Beyond Legal Reforms: Culture and Capacity in the Eradication of Violence Against Women and Girls (2006-07-02). Statement on the epidemic of violence against women around the world, as perpetuated by social norms, religious fanaticism, and economic and political exploitation; necessary educational objectives and legal frameworks.
  18. Bahá'í International Community. Bicentenaire de Bahá'u'lláh (1992/2017). French translation of the Bahá'í International Community's 1992 Statement on Bahá'u'lláh, updated for the 2017 bicentennial of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh.
  19. Bahá'í International Community. Carta de la Tierra (1991-04-05). Combatiendo el Racismo. BIC comment on the UN Earth Charter proposal.
  20. Bahá'í International Community. Ciudadanía Mundial: Ética Global Para El Desarrollo Sostenible (1993-06-14). Comunidades Sostenibles en un Mundo Integrante
  21. Bahá'í International Community. Combatiendo el Racismo (1983). Declaración presentada a la Segunda Conferencia Mundial para Combatir el Racismo y la Discriminación Racial. Ginebra, Suiza, 1­12 de agosto de 1983
  22. Bahá'í International Community. Common Goal of Universal Peace in Buddhism and the Baha'i Faith, The: A Paper delivered to the Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace (1990-09-16). Statement on the launching of "The Promise of World Peace" initiative, shared principles of Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith, and some of the barriers to world peace and the role that religions must play.
  23. Bahá'í International Community. Comunidades Sostenibles en un Mundo Integrante (1996-06-03). Enunciado presentó por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í a la Conferencia sobre Domicilios Humanos (Albergue II) de las Naciones Unidas. Estanbul, Turquía, 3 al 14 de junio de 1996.
  24. Bahá'í International Community. Condicion juridica y social de la mujer, La (1988).
  25. Bahá'í International Community. Conferencia Mundial del Año Internacional de la Mujer: Declaración presentada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í (1975). Declaración presentada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá’í (en carácter consultivo con el Consejo Económico y Social — Categoría II) Ciudad de México, México, 1975.
  26. Bahá'í International Community. Conferencia Mundial para el Examen y la Evaluación de los Logros del Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Mujer: Igualdad, Desarrollo y Paz (1985-06-15). Informe presentado por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í acerca de las actividades de la Comunidad Bahá'í Mundial para mejorar la condición de la mujer durante el Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Mujer y Programas Futuros para el Adelanto de la Muje
  27. Bahá'í International Community. Conservación y el Desarrollo Sostenible en la Fe Bahá'í, La (1995-05).
  28. Bahá'í International Community. Creación De Familias Liberadas De La Violencia, La: Un Informe Resumido Del Simposio Llevado Acabo (1994-05).
  29. Bahá'í International Community. Declaración bahá'í sobre obligaciones y derechos humanos, 1947 (1947-02). Declaración de la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í ante la Conferencia Internacional de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Relación Entre el Desarme y el Desarrollo, Wilmette, Illinois, Febrero de 1947.
  30. Bahá'í International Community. Declaración de la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í ante la Conferencia Internacional de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Uso Indebido y el Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas (1987-06). Declaración de la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í ante la Conferencia Internacional de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Uso Indebido y el Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas, Viena, Austria, 17-26 de junio de 1987
  31. Bahá'í International Community. Declaración de la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í ante la Conferencia Internacional de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Relación Entre el Desarme y el Desarrollo (1987-08/1987-09). El Año Internacional de la Mujer. Nueva York, Nueva York, 24 de agosto-11 de septiembre de 1987
  32. Bahá'í International Community. Desarme y la Paz, El (1985-02).
  33. Bahá'í International Community. Descripción de La Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í (2000-06-06). Descripción de La Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í
  34. Bahá'í International Community. El Desarrollo Sostenible y el Espíritu Humano (1992-06). El Desarrollo Sostenible y el Espíritu Humano, presentado Río de Janeiro, Brasil, junio de 1992.
  35. Bahá'í International Community. El Papel de la religión en el desarrollo social (1994-09). Comentarios al borrador de la Declaración y Programa de Acción para el desarrollo social. Presentado durante la reunión del Comité Preparatorio para la Cumbre Mundial sobre el Desarrollo Social, New York, New York, 1994
  36. Bahá'í International Community. Embracing Interdependence: Foundations for a World in Transition (2024-09-04). Statement on the occasion of the United Nations Summit of the Future, advocating for global governance reform centered on humanity's oneness, urging leaders to prioritize unity, justice, and interdependence for lasting peace.
  37. Bahá'í International Community. Employment and Beyond: Drawing on the Capacities of All to Contribute to Society (2023-02-12). A statement to the 61st session of the Commission for Social Development inspired by the changing nature of work over the coming decades.
  38. Bahá'í International Community. Employment and Work (2008-02-11). Statement of the BIC to the 46th Commission on Social Development on the theme "Full Employment and Decent Work"
  39. Bahá'í International Community. Eradicating Poverty: Moving Forward as One (2008). BIC statement on poverty.
  40. Bahá'í International Community. Estudios Preliminares Sobre la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer en la Comunidad Mundial Bahá'í (1974). Declaración presentada al 25° período de sesiones de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer, New York, 1974.
  41. Bahá'í International Community. European Strategy for the Elderly, A: The Irreplaceable Role of Community Life (2023-11-29). Statement envisioning the elderly as invaluable contributors to community life, emphasizing their role as active participants in shaping a cohesive and vibrant society.
  42. Office of Social and Economic Development. Evolution of Institutional Capacity for Social and Economic Development, The (1994-08-28). Bahá'í principles of development and guidelines for individual initiative.
  43. International Teaching Centre. Five Year Plan 2011-2016, The: Summary of Achievements and Learning (2017-05). Advancing the process of entry by troops; programs of growth; the potential of youth; enhancing institutional capacity; houses of worship; social action; participating in the discourses of society; developments at the Bahá'í World Centre.
  44. Office of Social and Economic Development. For the Betterment of the World: The Worldwide Bahá'í Community's Approach to Social and Economic Development (2003/2008/2018/2023). Essays, photographs, and overviews of local projects around the world, illustrating how Bahá'í principles are being carried out in practice, prepared by the Office of Social and Economic Development of the Bahá'í International Community.
  45. Bahá'í International Community. For the Student of Religion (1985/2006). Adapted from William S. Hatcher and Douglas Martin's The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion (1985), for posting at bahai.org (2006).
  46. Bahá'í International Community. Gender perspectives and the work of the United Nations (2007-09-20). Statement to the UN Human Rights Council on integrating gender perspectives.
  47. Bahá'í Internet Agency, Universal House of Justice. Guidelines for Internet Communication (2008). Includes compilation "Extracts on Internet Communication Written on Behalf of the Universal House of Justice," spiritual principles, and Bahá'í netiquette.
  48. Bahá'í International Community. Hacia un modelo de desarrollo para el siglo XXI (1994). Hacia un modelo de desarrollo para el siglo XXI.
  49. Bahá'í International Community. Historia de su Cooperacion con las Naciones Unidas (n.d.).
  50. Bahá'í International Community. Hora Decisiva para todas las Naciones (1995-10). Declaración de la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í con motivo del 50 aniversario de Naciones Unidas Octubre 1995
  51. Bahá'í International Community. Integracion de la mujer en el desarrollo enocomico y social de America Latina y el Caribe, La (1988-09). Revisión y evaluación crítica de algunos aspectos de la condición de la mujer en la region, incluso su integración en el mercado laboral, mujeres jefes de familia y el papel de la mujer en el comercio en el Caribe.
  52. Bahá'í International Community. Interreligious and Intercultural Cooperation (2007-10). Statement to the United Nations on best practices and strategies for interreligious and intercultural cooperation.
  53. Bahá'í International Community. Legislación Internacional para el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo (1991-08). Una declaraciòn presentada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í al Comité Preparatorio para la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo. Ginebra Suiza, Agosto 1991.
  54. Bahá'í International Community. Lucha Contra el Hambre, La (1985-06). Declaración a la 11a Sesión de Ministros del Consejo Mundial de la Alimentación de las Naciones Unidas, París, Francia, 1985.
  55. Bahá'í International Community. Mobilizing Institutional, Legal and Cultural Resources to Achieve Gender Equality (2008-02-01). The central role of girls and women in human development; the need to end the cultural, institutional, and legal obstacles towards their progress and all forms of discrimination against them.
  56. Bahá'í International Community. Mujeres y Hombres, Una Sociedad para un Planeta Saludable (1991-11). Exposición presentada al "World Women's Congress for a Healthy Planet", Miami, Florida, 8-12 Noviembre, 1991.
  57. Bahá'í International Community. Nature of the Persecution against the Bahá'ís in Iran (2010-02). The situation of the Bahá'ís in Iran in 2010; historical and legal context; denial of individual and communal rights; incitement to hatred based on religion or belief.
  58. Bahá'í International Community. New Framework for Global Prosperity, A (2006-01). Bahá'í International Community's submission to the 2006 Commission on Social Development on the review of the First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
  59. Universal House of Justice. One Common Faith (2005). Review of relevant passages from both the writings of Bahá'u'lláh and the scriptures of other faiths against the background of contemporary crises.
  60. Bahá'í International Community. One Planet, One Habitation: A Bahá'í Perspective on Recasting Humanity's Relationship with the Natural World (2022-06-01). A pictorial magazine-style overview of Bahá'í views on the environment, trusteeship, development, progress, and spirituality.
  61. Bahá'í International Community. Overcoming Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity in Public Institutions: A Baha'i Perspective (2001-05-28). The displacement of a transcendent understanding of life by materialism is responsible for the skepticism and alienation of modern life. The civilizing virtues of honesty and duty stem from the conscience and spirituality, not law.
  62. Bahá'í International Community. Papel de la educación, los medios de información y las artes en el desarrollo social, El (1994-08). El papel de la educación, los medios de información
  63. Bahá'í International Community. Papel de la Juventud en los Derechos Humanos, El (1985-02).
  64. Bahá'í International Community. Paz y el Desarrollo, La (1985-05). Declaración presentada al Seminario de las Naciones Unidas para las regiones de Asia, el Pacífico y Asia Occidental, para el Año Internacional de la Paz, Bangkok, Tailandia, 20 al 24 de mayo de 1985
  65. Bahá'í International Community. Persecution of the Baha'is in Iran: 1979-1986: A 7-year campaign to eliminate a religious minority (1986). Overview of activities and propaganda against Bahá'ís in Iran, and the responses of the United Nations.
  66. Bahá'í International Community. Preparación para Vivir en Paz, el Papel de la Juventud (1985-05).
  67. Bahá'í International Community. Preparación Para Vivir En Paz, La (1985-02). Charla presentada durante el Seminario Regional de las Naciones Unidas para Latinoamérica y el Caribe, auspiciado por la Comisión Económica y Social para Latinoamérica y el Caribe (ECLAC) 26 de febrero de 1985
  68. Bahá'í International Community. Preparación para Vivir en Paz, La Contribución de la Mujer (1985-05). Declaración preparada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá’í para el Seminario Regional Europeo para el Año Internacional de la Paz, Viena, Austria: 6 al 10 de mayo de 1985
  69. Bahá'í International Community. Prevención de Discriminaciones y Protección a las Minorías, 1988 (1988-08).
  70. Bahá'í International Community. Prevención de Discriminaciones y Protección a las Minorías, 1989 (1989-12).
  71. Bahá'í International Community. Proposals to the United Nations for Charter Revision (1955-05-23). Proposals from the Bahai International Community for revision of the U.N. charter in its capacity as a non-governmental organization with consultative status at the U.N.
  72. Bahá'í International Community. Prosperity of Humankind (1995-03-03). A statement prepared by the Bahá'í International Community Office of Public Information, Haifa, first distributed at the United Nations World Summit on Social Development, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1995.
  73. Bahá'í World Centre Office of Public Information. Protection of Diversity in the World Order of Baha'u'llah, The (1988). Statement dated December 29, 1985, released by the Bahá'í International Community's Office of Public Information following the broadcast of a BBC program on the Bahá'í Faith in 1985.
  74. Bahá'í International Community. Raising Children of Light: editorial (2008). In seeking to end the world's suffering, we need to acknowledge that we are all one human race in an increasingly interconnected world, educate children and mothers, and end the oppression of girls and women.
  75. Bahá'í International Community. Reflections of Our Values: Digital Technologies and a Just Transition (2021-02). A statement to the 59th session of the Commission for Social Development on technological innovation, consultation on technological adoption, and working inclusively between communities and governments.
  76. Bahá'í International Community. Religion in an Ever-Advancing Civilization (2017). On the unity of humanity and the decline and renewal of religion.
  77. Bahá'í International Community. Rethinking Prosperity: Forging Alternatives to a Culture of Consumerism (2010-05-03). The BIC's contribution to the 18th Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, New York.
  78. Bahá'í International Community. Search for Values in an Age of Transition, The: includes Study Guide (2005-10). A statement on the 60th anniversary of the United Nations, new paradigms taking hold, and the place of the UN. Includes study guide to assist readers in their understanding and examination of the concepts presented in the statement.
  79. Bahá'í International Community. Situation of the Bahá'ís in Egypt (2007-09-24). Oral Statement of the Bahá’í International Community to the Human Rights Council (6th Session of the Human Rights Council), Geneva, Switzerland.
  80. Office of Social and Economic Development. Social Action (2012-11-26). A paper sent to all LSAs, and the subject of the plenary talk by Valerie Dana at the 2012 SED conference (Orlando, FL). Prepared by the Office of Social and Economic Development of the Bahá'í World Centre.
  81. Bahá'í International Community. Statement in Rebuttal of Accusations Made against the Bahá'í Faith by the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations (1982-11-30). In a document distributed to the UN, "Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran," Iran made a number of false and damaging statements concerning the Bahá'í Faith. The BIC wishes to refute these false statements and to present the true facts.
  82. Bahá'í International Community. Statement on Bahá'u'lláh, A (1992-05). Introduction to the life and work of Bahá'u'lláh, released in 1992 in honor of the centenary of his death, at the request of the Universal House of Justice.
  83. Bahá'í International Community. Towards a Sustainable Food System (2022-09-13). Short selection on sustainable, non-exploitative food systems that provide for the global population.
  84. Bahá'í International Community. Turning Point for All Nations (1995-10). A statement on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations, about the scope, function, and mandate of the UN, and world concerns it must address.
  85. Bahá'í International Community. Una misma sustancia: Crear conscientemente una cultura mundial de unidad (2001-09). Exposición escrita presentada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'i en la Conferencia Mundial contra el Racismo, la Discriminación Racial, la Xenofobia y las Formas Conexas de Intolerencia
  86. Universal House of Justice. la commission de traduction, trans. Une seule et même foi (2021). Des passages des écrits de Bahá'u'lláh et des écritures d'autres confessions qui éclairent les crises contemporaines. Traduction de One Common Faith.
  87. Bahá'í International Community. Valorando la espiritualidad en el Desarrollo: Consideraciones Iniciales en cuanto a la Creación de Indicadores de Base Espiritual para el Desarrollo (1998). Consideraciones Iniciales en cuanto a la Creación de Indicadores de Base Espiritual para el Desarrollo, presentado al "Diálogo Mundial de las Fes y el Desarrollo."
  88. Bahá'í International Community. Violence with Impunity: Acts of aggression against Iran's Bahá'í community (2013-03). Book-length report on the rising tide of violence directed against the Iranian Bahá'í community 2005-20012, and the degree to which attackers enjoy impunity from prosecution or punishment.
  89. Bahá'í International Community. Who is Writing the Future?: Reflections on the Twentieth Century (1999-02). A statement on the current state of human society and its evolution, by the BIC's Office of Public Information.
  90. Office of Social and Economic Development. 'о имя улучшения мира': Подход мирового сообщества Бахаи к социально-экономическому развитию (n.d.). Несмотря на десятилетия серьезных усилий и огромные финансовые вложения, не появилось ни одной ясной стратегии развития, но лишь общее чувство отчаяния от неудач в достижении высоких целей развития.
  91. Bahá'í International Community. 谁在写我们的未来 (Who's Writing the Future?): 二十世纪的省思 (Reflections on the Twentieth Century) (n.d.). Prepared by the Office of Public Information.
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