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1970 Ridván In its Ridván Message the Universal House of Justice announced the appointment of three additional Councillors, Iraj Ayman in Western Asia, Anneliese Bopp and Betty Reed in Europe and some 45 additional Auxiliary Board Members, 9 in Africa, 16 in Asia, 2 in Australasia and 18 in the Western Hemisphere. [Ridván 1970] Counsellors; Auxiliary board members and assistants; Assistants; - Bahá'í World Centre
1970 Ridván The National Spiritual Assembly of Botswana (Formerly Bechuanaland, until 1966.) was formed with its seat in Gaborone. [BW15:199]
  • For picture see BW15:144.
    		• National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Gaborone, Botswana; Botswana first NSA Botswana
    1970 Ridván The National Spiritual Assembly of Malawi (formerly Nyasaland, until 1964.) was formed with its seat in Limbe. [BW15:200]
  • For picture see BW15:146.
    		• National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Limbe, Malawi; Malawi first NSA Malawi
    1970 Ridván The National Spiritual Assembly of Fiji was formed with its seat in Suva. [BW15:271] National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Suva, Fiji; Fiji first NSA Fiji
    1970 Ridván The first Local Spiritual Assembly of Nouakchott, Mauritania was formed. Local Spiritual Assembly; Nouakchott; Mauritania first Local Spiritual Assembly Nouakchott, Mauritania
    1970 Ridván The National Spiritual Assembly of Tonga and the Cook Islands was formed with its seat in Nuku'alofa. [BW15:275]
  • For picture see BW15:146.
    		•  National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Nukualofa, Tonga; Cook Islands; Pacific first NSA Tonga and the Cook Islands
    1970 Ridván The National Spiritual Assembly of West Central Africa with its seat in Lagos was dissolved and three new National Assemblies were established. [BW15p189 Note 1]
  • The National Spiritual Assembly of Ghana was formed with its seat in Accra. [BW15p192]
  • For picture see BW15:144.
    		• National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Accra, Ghana; Ghana first NSA Ghana
    1970 Ridván The National Spiritual Assembly of West Central Africa with its seat in Lagos was dissolved and three new National Assemblies were established. [BW15p189 Note 1]
  • The National Spiritual Assembly of Dahomey, Togo and Niger was formed with its seat in Cotonou, Dahomey (now Togo). [BW15p189]
  • For picture see BW15:144.
    		•  National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Cotonou, Benin; Togo first NSA Dahomey, Togo and Niger
    1970 Ridván The National Spiritual Assembly of West Central Africa with its seat in Lagos was dissolved and three new National Assemblies were established. [BW15p192]
  • The National Spiritual Assembly of Nigeria was formed with its seat in Lagos. [BW15:192]
    		•  National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Nigeria first NSA Nigeria
    1970 Ridván The National Spiritual Assembly of Upper West Africa was formed with its seat in Banjul, The Gambia. Jurisdiction for this Assembly extended over Senegal and Mauritania. [BW15p193]
  • For picture see BW15:147.
    		• National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Banjul (Bathurst), The Gambia; Gambia, The first NSA Upper West Africa
    1970 Ridván The National Spiritual Assembly of Samoa was formed with its seat in Apia. [BW15:274]
  • For picture see BW15:146.
    		•  National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Apia, Samoa; Samoa first NSA Samoa
    1970 Ridván The National Spiritual Assembly of Central Africa was formed with its seat in Bangui. [BW15:206]
  • Territories under its jurisdiction were: Chad, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville) and Central African Republic. Since 1964 they had been part of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Uganda and Central Africa along with Burundi and Rwanda who had formed a regional assembly in 1969.
    		• National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Bangui, Central African Republic first NSA Central Africa
    1970 Ridván The National Spiritual Assembly of Zaire was formed with its seat in Kinshasa. (Formerly Belgian Congo until 1960; then Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) until the name changed to Zaire in 1971. (Kinshasa was formerly called Leopoldville.) [BW15:205]

    At this time there was a large concentration of believers in South Kivu, there were Bahá'ís in Western Kasai, in Kinshasa and in Lubumbashi. The election took place in the home of Belgian pioneers Jean-Pierre and Anne-Marie Laperches. Hand of the Cause Mr Faizi was in attendance to represent the Universal House of Justice. [A Remarkable Response Film 26:55

  • For picture see BW15:147.
  • It has been reported that President Mobutu's personal physician was a Baháí, a Dr Jazab, and it was he who had Mobutu sign a document giving the Bahá'ís permission to practice their faith in the country. [Servants of the Glory page 60]
    		•  National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Congo, Democratic Republic of (Zaire) first NSA Zaire
    1970 Ridván The National Spiritual Assembly of Southern Rhodesia was formed with its seat in Salisbury. [BW15:200]
  • The name of the country was changed to Zimbabwe on the 18 April 1980. The name of the capital was change to Harare in the second anniversary of the country's independence from the UK.
    		•  National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Salisbury (Harare), Zimbabwe; Rhodesia first NSA Rhodesia
    1970 Ridván The National Spiritual Assembly of Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana was formed with its seat in Georgetown, Guyana. [BW15:238]
    • For picture see BW15:144.
    		 National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Georgetown, Guyana; Guyana first NSA Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana
    1970 Ridván The National Spiritual Assembly of the Near East was formed with its seat in Beirut, Lebanon with jurisdiction over Lebanon, Jordon and Syria. [BW15:146; BW16:264]
  • For picture see BW15:146.
    		•  National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Beirut, Lebanon; Lebanon first NSA Near East
    1970 22 Apr The first Earth Day mobilized 20 million Americans to call for increased protections for our planet. The organization of this event was inspired in part but the Santa Barbara Oil Spill of the 28th of January 1969 when an off-shore oil well owned by Union Oil blew out and spilled more than three million gallons of oil and killing thousands of seabirds, dolphins, seals, and sea lions and fouling the California coastline. As a reaction to this disaster, activists were mobilized to create environmental regulation, environmental education, and Earth Day. [Earth Day website] Earth Day; Environment; California, USA; USA

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