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2001 4 Jan | The passing of Dr. Victor de Araujo of Vista, NY at the age of 78 years. He was born near London, England and spent his childhood and youth in Brazil. He came to the United Stated in 1946 as a vice consul to the Brazilian Consulate in Chicago. From 1967-1990, Dr. de Araujo served as a Representative of the Bahá'í International Community to the United Nations. In his years in this position he represented the Bahá'í International Community both at the United Nations headquarters and at numerous conferences around the world. He also participated in the preparation of Bahá'í statements on human rights, the environment, and the equality of men and women, which were presented to the United Nations. [Bahá'í Announce 5Jan2001; BW00-01p269-270] | Bahá'í International Community; United Nations; In Memoriam; Victor de Araujo; London, England; United Kingdom; Brazil; New York, USA; USA | ||
2001 8 - 17 Jan | The inauguration of the International Teaching Centre Building at the World Centre with the meeting of the Institution of the Counsellors. Board members from 172 countries attended.
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International Teaching Centre, Seat; Arc project; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Counsellors; Conferences, Counsellors; - Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; - Bahá'í World Centre; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Bahá'í World Centre; Mount Carmel; Haifa, Israel | ||
2001 9 Jan | In its message to the Conference of the Continental Board of Counselors to launch the 1st Five Year Plan and Universal House of Justice said, "the training institute is effective not only in enhancing the powers of the individual, but also in vitalizing communities and institutions." It went on to say that "The continued development of training institutes in the diverse countries and territories of the world, then, must be a central feature of the new Plan." [Message from the Universal House of Justice dated 9 January, 2001, Mess86-01p763-764] | Five Year Plan (2001-2006); - Teaching Plans; Training Institutes; Counsellors; Conferences, Counsellors; - Institute process; - Bahá'í World Centre | ||
2001 9 - 13 Jan | The Counsellors in all continents met at the World Centre to take part in deliberations on the general features of the Five Year Plan. They were joined by the Auxiliary Board members (849 from 172 countries) who gathered from throughout the world to participate in events marking the occupation by the International Teaching Centre of its permanent seat on Mount Carmel. [From the messages from the Universal House of Justice dated the 29th of October, 2000 and the16th of January, 2001] | Counsellors; Conferences, Counsellors; Five Year Plan (2001-2006); - Teaching Plans; Auxiliary board members; Assistants; International Teaching Centre, Seat; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel | ||
2001 12 Jan | The Administrative Order was further developed by the Universal House of Justice in its message to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counselors of
9 January 2001 in which the concept of the "cluster" was first introduced. The cluster, a subdivision of the region, is to be formed on the basis of cultural, language, pattern of transport, infrastructure or the social life of the inhabitants.
that there are now (17 January 2003) close to 17,000 clusters worldwide, excluding those countries where, for one reason or another, the operation of the Faith is restricted. The number of clusters per country varies widely—from India with its 1,580 to Singapore, which necessarily sees itself as one cluster. Some of the groupings are sparsely populated areas with only a few thousand inhabitants, while the boundaries of others encompass several million people. For the most part, large urban centers under the jurisdiction of one Local Spiritual Assembly have been designated single clusters, these in turn being divided into sectors, so as to facilitate planning and implementation. |
- Administrative Order; Clusters; Counsellors; Conferences, Counsellors; - Institute process; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel | ||
2001 14 Jan | Sixteen Bahá'ís were arrested in the southern Egyptian city of Sohag. The charges brought against them concerned their membership in the Bahá'í Faith. [Message from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada dated the 19th of January, 2001] | Persecution, Egypt; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Sohag, Egypt; Egypt | ||
2001 16 Jan | The end of the Fourth Epoch of the Formative Age, an Epoch that included the Six, Three, Four Year, and Twelve Month Plans from the Universal House of Justice as well as the commemoration for the centenary of the Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh. This Epoch was characterized by the initiation of social and economic projects and the emergence from obscurity and the fact that national communities took responsibility for their own development. [Mess86-01p815]
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Formative Age; Ages and Epochs; Emergence from obscurity; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel | ||
2001 29 Jan | The publication of Institution of the Counsellors by Universal House of Justice. | Counsellors; - Compilations; * Publications; Appointed arm; - Bahá'í World Centre | ||
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