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Date 2018-04-30, sorted by date, ascending

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2018 30 Apr
201-		 The announcement of the election of the 12th Universal House of Justice. Those elected were Paul Lample, Chuungu Malitonga, Payman Mohajer, Shahriar Razavi, Stephen Hall, Ayman Rouhani, Stephen Birkland, Juan Francisco Mora, and Praveen Mallik. [BWNS1258]
  • The twelfth International Bahá'í Convention was held from the 29th of April until the 2nd of May. In the election of the Universal House of Justice over 1,300 ballots were cast by representatives of 160 national communities. [BWNS1256, BWNS1257, BWNS1259, BWNS1261]
  • See Vimeo for a short film of the International Convention by Farideh Baki-Nasseri.
  • The film A Widening Embrace was screened at the Convention, enriching the consultations of the delegates. It is a documentary film about the community-building efforts of the Bahá'í world. Many of the themes discussed over the days of the Convention were highlighted in the practical examples presented in the documentary which tells the story of the transformation of communities unfolding throughout the world by featuring the process in 24 communities representing different realities and contexts. The 77-minute film, which was commissioned by the Universal House of Justice, was made available in English, Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, and Persian. [BWNS1260] .
    		•  - Bahá'í World Centre; - Documentaries; - Documentaries, BWC; - Institute process; Ayman Rouhani; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Chuungu Malitonga; Conventions, International; Farideh Baki-Nasseri; Haifa, Israel; Juan Francisco Mora; Paul Lample; Payman Mohajer; Praveen Mallik; Shahriar Razavi; Social action; Social and economic development; Stephen Birkland; Stephen Hall; Universal House of Justice, Election of; Universal House of Justice, Members of; Widening Embrace, A (film)
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