Chronology: Date 1968-00

date	event	tags	firsts
1968	Twenty years prior, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To mark this event the UN General Assembly unanimously designated the whole of this year, 1968, as International Human Rights Year. The Bahá'í Communities of North America, on the occasion of the world-wide commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the call to the world's leaders to establish universal peace through justice and unity by Bahá'u'lláh, observed 1968 as the International Year for Human Rights. At the Bahá'í Intercontinental Conference in Chicago the Bahá'ís affirmed that in accordance with the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh, human rights are God given rights. See National Bahá'í Review Issue 4 April 1968 for the events associated with the commemoration. A pamphlet titled A Bahá'í Declaration of Human Obligations and Rights was published by the Bahá'í Publishing Trust in Wilmette.	Human Rights
1968 (In the year)	The Bahá'í Publishing Committee based in Karachi developed into a Bahá'í Publishing Trust responsible for translation and publication into Urdu, English, Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, Pushtu, Balochi, Gojri, Balti and other regional languages.	Publishing Trusts; Translation; Karachi, Pakistan; Pakistan
1968 (In the year)	Over a thousand new believers enrolled in Ethiopia. [BW15:186]	Mass conversion; Ethiopia
1968 (In the year)	Ernest Ndouba (G Beadoumadji Moadoumgar) of the Sara ethnic group and the first Chadian to become a Bahá'í, enrolled in Ndjamena.	Ernest Ndouba; Ndjamena, Chad; Chad	first Chadian Bahá’í
1968 (In the year)	A Bahá'í Publishing Trust, Maison d 'Edition, for the publication of Bahá'í literature in the French language, was formed at Brussels by the Belgian National Assembly, thus accomplishing a major goal of the Nine Year Plan. [BW14p95]	Publishing Trusts; Brussels, Belgium; Belgium
1968 – 1969	Throughout Iran, pressure on Bahá'ís intensified. [BW18p391] Applications for government employment were refused. [BW18:391] Bahá'ís were refused admission to colleges and universities. [BW18:391] Bahá'í centres were closed. [BW18:391]< Individual Bahá'ís were attacked. [BW18:391]	Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution, Education; - Persecution; Iran
1968 (Approximate date)	Našrīya was a news bulletin of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Tehran. It was distributed free of charge to each Bahá'í family in Tehran every 19 days. It functioned for a dozen years and kept its readers informed of the major news and developments in the Bahá'í community of Tehran. [BAHAISM v. The Bahai Community in Iran by V. Rafati]	Nasriya; * Publications; Iran
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