Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith

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Date 1985-12, descending — sort earliest first

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1985 27 Dec - 1986 2 Jan The Universal House of Justice convened a Counsellors' Conference at the Bahá'í World Centre. [AWH39; BW19:29; VV122]
  • The Universal House of Justice announcing that for the first time the Counselors would be helping National Spiritual Assemblies to form their own goals, rather than goals being assigned to communities from the World Centre, at the close of the conference. [2 January 1986]
  • The gathering, held in the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, consulted on the opportunities and challenges facing the Bahá'í world community. It was attended by 64 Counsellors from the five continents. [BW19:29]
  • See BW19:494, 504 for pictures.
    		•  Counsellors; Conferences, Bahá'í; Counsellors conferences; Haifa, Israel; - Bahá'í World Centre The first international Conference for Counselors from all Continental Boards
    1985 13 Dec For the first time, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in Iran which contained specific references to the Bahá'ís. [BW19:38; VV55] Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Other; Persecution; United Nations; Human Rights; Bahá'í International Community; Iran first resolution on human rights that specifically mentions the situation of the Bahá'ís in Iran.

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