- 1929-03-18 — The International Baha'i Bureau was recognized by the League of Nations. [BIC History Timeline]...
- 1930-03-18 — The International Baha'i Bureau was registered as an International Working Unit by the League of Nat...
- 1945-10-24 — The United Nations was formally established. There were Baha'i representatives in San Francisco in ...
- 1946-00-00 — The first issue of the News Exchange was published by the International Baha'i Bureau in Geneva. Th...
- 1947-02-01 — Reflecting the unity in diversity highly valued by the Baha'i community, Amin Banani, Mildred Mottah...
- 1947-05-18 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada was accredited by the...
- 1947-06-18 — The International Baha'i Bureau contributed to the preparatory work of the Human Rights Commission f...
- 1948-04 — The name 'Baha'i International Community' was first used to refer to the eight existing National Spi...
- 1948-08-18 — The Baha'i International Community took part in its first United Nations conference, on human rights...
- 1949-04-04 — Baha'i delegation to the United Nations International Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations c...
- 1949-11-09 — The Baha'i International Community, in a letter addressed to Mr Trygve Lie, the Secretary-General of...
- 1955-04-18 — After the violent storm of persecutions against the Baha'i's in Iran broke loose, the Baha'i Interna...
- 1955-05-23 — The Baha'i International Community submitted its Proposals for Charter Revision to the United Nation...
- 1955-08-00 — Appeals were made by National Spiritual Assemblies around the world through the Baha'i International...
- 1956-12-00 — It was announced that Mr Ugo Giachery, Mr Navidi, Mr John Ferraby, Mrs Mildred Mottahedeh and Mr Ami...
- 1959-04-10 — Representatives of the Baha'i International Community presented to the President of the Human Rights...
- 1960-05-17 — The Baha'i International Community attended a meeting called by the United Nations Office of Public ...
- 1962-12-17 — The Custodians asked the Baha'i International Community to issue press releases deploring Morocco's ...
- 1962-12-21 — Telegrams were sent by the Baha'i International Community to Secretary-General U Thant and 35 United...
- 1963-01-00 — The publication of Freedom of Religion on Trial in Morocco:
The Nador Case
by Baha'i Internationa...
- 1965-03-18 — The Baha'i International Community established its own offices in the United Nations Plaza Building ...
- 1967-00-04 — Victor de Araujo was appointed by the Universal House of Justice as the full-time Accredited Represe...
- 1970-03-18 — The passing of Hilda Yank Sing Yen Male (b. 29 Nov or 29 Nov 1902, 1904 or 1906 in China, d. Riverda...
- 1970-05-27 — The Baha'i International Community was granted consultative status, category II, by the Economic and...
- 1970-05-27 — The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations approved the recommendation by the Co...
- 1971-04-18 — The Baha'i International Community appointed a representative to the UN in Geneva. [BIC History 197
- 1971-06-16 — A special seminar for UN member state was held in Yaoundé in observance of the International Year f...
- 1972-06-05 — The Baha'i International Community was invited to participate in the United Nations Conference on th...
- 1974-08-19 — The 3rd World Population Conference was held in Bucharest, Romania. The Conference was attended by r...
- 1974-11-05 — The United Nations World Food Conference was held in Rome. [BW...
- 1974-12-01 — The Baha'i International Community appointed a representative in Nairobi. [BIC History 1974]...
- 1975-06-19 — Two* Baha'i women represented the Baha'i International Community at the first World Conference on Wo...
- 1975-06-24 — Iran became one of the first countries in the world to ratify the International Covenant on Civil an...
- 1976-03-08 — The Baha'i International Community was granted consultative status with the United Nations Children'...
- 1978-08-14 — The Baha'i International Community participated in the first World Conference to Combat Racism and R...
- 1978-08-14 — The first World Conference Against Racism was held in Geneva, Switzerland. A major focus on the conf...
- 1978-12-28 — The West African Baha'i Women's Conference was held in Monrovia, Liberia with the theme, "Spiritual ...
- 1979-06-12 — The UN Conference entitled "The Human Factor in Science and Technology for Development" was held in ...
- 1980-00-03 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW18:92]
Twenty–four Bah...
- 1980-07-14 — Representatives of the Baha'i International Community participated in the Second World Conference of...
- 1980-09-00 — The European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the United Nations ...
- 1981-00-05 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW18:92]
Forty–six Baha'...
- 1981-01-01 — The European branch office of the Baha'i International Community was established in Geneva. [BW19:33...
- 1981-12-01 — The Baha'i International Community made its first appeal to the Commission on Human Rights to addres...
- 1982-00-03 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW18:92]
Thirty–two Baha...
- 1983-00-00 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW18:92; BW19:177–226]
T...
- 1983-08-01 — The second World Conference Against Racism was held in Geneva, Switzerland.
Report
...
- 1983-10-20 — The establishment of the Office of Social and Economic Development.
In a message to the Baha'i...
- 1984-00-03 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW19:177–226]
Thirty Bah...
- 1984-10-19 — The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) appointed Andrés Aguilar of Venezuela as its ...
- 1984-11-09 — The Universal House of Justice met with representatives of the Baha'i International Community and va...
- 1985-00-00 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW19:177–226]
Seven Baha...
- 1985-00-00 — A regional office of the Baha'i International Community affiliated with the Economic and Social Comm...
- 1985-07-15 — Ten representatives of the Baha'i International Community attended the third World Conference on Wom...
- 1985-10-24 — In anticipation of the United Nations International Year of Peace, and on the fortieth anniversary o...
- 1985-11-22 — The Promise of World Peace was presented to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Javier Perez...
- 1985-12-13 — For the first time, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on the human rights sit...
- 1986-00-00 — Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, a prominent diplomat, and professor of law from El Salvador served as the Uni...
- 1986-00-00 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW19:177–226]
One Baha'i...
- 1986-01-21 — The Islamic Research Academy at the Azhar University in Cairo published in a number of newspapers a ...
- 1987-04-22 — A ceremony was held to sign a 'status agreement' between the Baha'i International Community and the ...
- 1987-09-01 — The United Nations Secretary-General designated the Baha'i International Community and the National ...
- 1987-10-03 — The Baha'i International Community joined the Network on Conservation and Religion of the World Wide...
- 1988-00-00 — Branches of the Baha'i International Community's Office of Public Information were established in Pa...
- 1988-00-00 — 'Arts for Nature', a fund-raising programme held to benefit the work of the World Wide Fund for Natu
- 1988-00-00 — The Baha'i International Community became a founding member of 'Advocates for African Food Security:...
- 1988-02-17 — The publication of the statement by the Baha'i International Community, "Eliminating Religious Intol...
- 1988-02-19 — The publication of the statement by the Baha'i International Community, "Eliminating Torture", for t...
- 1988-11-30 — The Baha'i International Community was elected Secretary of the Board of the 'Conference on Non-Gove...
- 1988-12-08 — The plenary session of the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution concerning hu...
- 1988-12-30 — Senior officers of the Baha'i International Community in the Holy Land, Geneva, and New York met wit...
- 1989-00-06 — A branch of the Baha'i International Community's Office of Public Information was established in Hon...
- 1989-00-09 — The establishment of the Baha'i International Community's Office of the Environment in New York. Rid...
- 1989-02-01 — The inaugural publication of One Country, the newsletter of the Baha'i International Community. It w...
- 1989-02-08 — The publication of the statement by the Baha'i International Community, "Eliminating Racism", to the...
- 1989-02-09 — The publication of the statement by the Baha'i International Community, "Right to Development", to t...
- 1989-02-15 — The publication of the statement by the Baha'i International Community, "Creating a Universal Cultur...
- 1989-03-09 — The Commission on Human Rights adopted a resolution expressing grave concern at human rights violati...
- 1989-03-17 — The Baha'i International Community entered into a 'working relationship' with the World Health Organ...
- 1989-09-01 — The Baha'i Office of the Environment was established as part of the Baha'i International Community i...
- 1989-10-02 — One Country, the newsletter of the Baha'i International Community, started publication in five other...
- 1990-00-14 — The Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace was held in Mongolia.
A representative of the Internation...
- 1990-00-18 — The Baha'i International Community, through the Office of the Environment in collaboration with othe...
- 1990-00-21 — The Baha'i International Community was invited to participate in the World Conference on Education f...
- 1990-00-22 — A branch of the Baha'i International Community's United Nations Office for the Pacific region was op...
- 1990-00-23 — For the first time a representative of the United Nations was able to officially meet with a represe...
- 1990-09-06 — The Baha'i International Community opened a branch of its United Nations Office for the Pacific regi...
- 1990-09-29 — The largest gathering of world leaders in history assembled at the United Nations to attend the Worl...
- 1991-01-00 — Dr. Victor de Araujo, Baha'i representative to the United Nations for 23 years and the first full-ti...
- 1991-02-25 — In Iran, a secret government memorandum (known as the Golpaygani Memorandum) was drawn up by Iran's ...
- 1992-05-29 — A statement titled Baha'u'llah was published by the office of the Baha'i ...
- 1992-06-01 — Baha'is from many countries participated in the United Nations Conference on the Environment (UNCED)...
- 1992-12-00 — The Universal House of Justice announced its decision to establish an Office for the Advancement of ...
- 1993-02-22 — At the 49th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, the United Nations in Geneva released a re...
- 1993-03-08 — The Baha'i International Community presented the joint statement entitled Rights of the Child to the...
- 1993-06-10 — The Baha'i International Community and Baha'is from 11 countries participated in the United Nations ...
- 1994-07-28 — The World Forestry Charter Gatherings, established by Richard St. Barbe Baker in 1945, were re-insti...
- 1994-09-05 — The Baha'i International Community attended the United Nations International Conference on Populatio...
- 1995-00-00 — Following the resignation of Galindo Pohl, the UNCHR appointed Maurice Copithorne, a Canadian lawyer...
- 1995-01-23 — To respond to the increased attention given to the issues of social and economic development followi...
- 1995-03-03 — The Baha'i International Community and Baha'is from many countries participated in the United Nation...
- 1995-08-30 — Some 400-500 Baha'i women and men from more than 50 countries around the world participated in the N...
- 1995-09-04 — Fourth World Conference on Women was held at the Beijing International Conference Centre. It was on
- 1995-10-02 — The publication of Turning Point For All Nations by the Baha'i International Community, United Natio...
- 1995-12-01 — The 51st Session of the UN Human Rights Commission was held. In January the Baha'i International Com...
- 1996-06-03 — The Baha'i International Community and 150 Baha'is from many countries participated in the Second Un...
- 1996-07-01 — The Baha'i International Community launched the site "The Baha'i World". Its stated purpose was to ...
- 1996-08-01 — The Baha'i International Community launched its first website. The site contained exclusively Bah...
- 1997-00-00 — In 1997 One Country launched its website that contained all the English issues of the newsletter pub...
- 1997-03-15 — The Baha'i International Community presented a statement The United Nations Decade for Human Rights ...
- 1997-10-24 — The International Environment Forum was launched at the first International Baha'i Environment Confe...
- 1998-02-18 — World Faiths and Development Dialogue (WFDD) hosted an event at Lambeth Palace in London that brough...
- 1998-03-02 — During the 42nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March, the Baha'i Internation...
- 1999-00-00 — The founding of the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (ISGP) as a non-profit organization t...
- 1999-01-12 — During the World Faiths Development Dialogue continuation in Johannesburg, Matt Weinberg, director o...
- 2000-02-17 — The passing of Mildred Mottahedeh in New York. She had been elected to the International Baha'i Coun...
- 2000-05-22 — The United Nations Millennium Forum was held at United Nations Headquarters in New York. It attracte...
- 2000-08-28 — The Millennium Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders was held in New York and involved mor...
- 2000-09-06 — The General Assembly Millennium Summit was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and w...
- 2000-09-08 — Dr. Techeste Ahderom, then the BIC Principle Representative to the United Nations, addressed the ass...
- 2000-09-19 — In a ceremony, the final earth samples from 26 nations were deposited in the Peace Monument, which w...
- 2001-01-04 — The passing of Dr. Victor de Araujo of Vista, NY at the age of 78 years. He was born near London, En...
- 2001-04-30 — The Baha'i International Community issued a statement, entitled Sustainable Development: the Spiritu...
- 2001-05-28 — Global Form on Fighting Corruption II was held in The Hague. [IAACA Web Site]
The paper entitled ...
- 2001-06-25 — During the special session of the General Assembly on the HIV./AIDS pandemic held at the UN headquar...
- 2001-08-31 — The third United Nations World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Rela...
- 2001-11-23 — International Consultative Conference on School Education in relation with Freedom of Religion and B...
- 2001-12-13 — The passing of Giovanni (Gianni) Ballerio (b. 15 February 1943 in Asmara, Eritrea) in Geneva after a...
- 2002-03-05 — The announcement by the Baha'i International Community of the murder of three Baha'is in Dushanbe, T...
- 2002-08-26 — World Summit on Sustainable Development, a United Nations conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. ...
- 2003-03-11 — Bani Dugal Gujral was appointed Principal Representative of the Baha'i International Community to th...
- 2003-12-10 — The World Summit on the Information Society gave the Baha'i International Community an opportunity t...
- 2003-12-17 — The Baha'i´International Community, with UNICEF, UNESCO, and major international non-governmental ...
- 2004-05-31 — The launch of the Web site The Baha'i Reference Library by the Baha'i International Community. It ma...
- 2005-03-28 — As Chair of the NGO Commission on the Status of Women, Ms Bani Dugal facilitated and organized the p...
- 2005-04-20 — The launch of the new official website, titled The Baha'is to replace the previous site, "The Baha'i...
- 2005-09-15 — The 2005 World Summit was a follow-up summit meeting to the United Nations' 2000 Millennium Summit, ...
- 2005-10-01 — The Search for Values in the Age of Transition was written on the occasion of the 60th anniversary o...
- 2006-00-00 — For more than two decades young Baha'is had been barred from entering university through an applicat...
- 2006-02-27 — The 50th session of the Commission on the Status of Women was held at the UN Headquarters in New Yor...
- 2006-06-16 — The Baha'i International Community's Office of Public Information announced the launch of a new webs...
- 2007-10-12 — The opening of a new office of the Baha'i International Community in Brussels. The purpose was to st...
- 2007-11-07 — The launch of a new website by the Baha'i International Community, The Life of Baha'u'llah to provid...
- 2008-02-14 — The publication of a new statement from the Baha'i International Community entitled Eradicating Pove...
- 2008-02-25 — The 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women was held at the United Nations headquarter...
- 2008-09-01 — The publication of The Baha'i Question: Cultural Cleansing in Iran by the Baha'i International Commu...
- 2009-02-20 — The UN reviewed the Declaration of Copenhagen and Programme of Action for Social Development on Nove...
- 2009-03-04 — The Baha'i International Community at the United Nations sent an open letter to Ayatollah Qorban-Ali...
- 2009-04-20 — The Durban Review Conference is the official name of the 2009 United Nations World Conference Agains...
- 2009-11-02 — A new initiative of the UN Development Programme and the Alliance of Religions and Conservation laun...
- 2009-12-07 — The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference raised climate change policy to the highest political level...
- 2010-05-00 — The publication of Rethinking Prosperity: Forging Alternatives to a Culture of Consumerism," for th...
- 2010-07-02 — The UN General Assembly voted unanimously to create UN Women, (General Assembly resolution 64/289) a...
- 2010-12-07 — In an open letter to Ayatollah Mohammad Sadeq Larijani, the Head of the Judiciary, the Baha'i Intern...
- 2011-02 22 — The 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at United Nations Headquarters ...
- 2011-03-00 — In March 2011, the UN Human Rights Council re-established the mandate of Special Rapporteur to Iran,...
- 2011-09-11 — A follow-up conference dubbed "Durban III" took place in New York City. It was boycotted by Austral...
- 2011-10-21 — The release of the report entitled Inciting Hatred by the Baha'i International Community which summa...
- 2012-06-19 — Over 100 people gathered to mark the re-dedication of the "Peace Monument," which contains soil brou...
- 2012-10-29 — The Baha'i International Community published a special report on The Baha'is of Semnan: A Case Study...
- 2012-11-15 — In contribution to the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women the Baha'i Internationa...
- 2013-03-00 — The publication of the report entitled Violence with Impunity: Acts of Aggression Against Iran's Bah...
- 2013-05-14 — The Baha'i International Community launched the Five Years Too Many campaign to protest the 20-year ...
- 2013-10-01 — The Baha'i International Community announced the appointment of Joshua Lincoln as its new Secretary-...
- 2013-10-28 — The release of the video Violence with Impunity: Acts of Aggression Against Iran's Baha'i Community ...
- 2014-00-00 — An office of the Baha'i International Community was opened in Addis Ababa to work in collaboration w...
- 2014-00-00 — The Baha'i International Community opened a Regional Office in Jakarta. The Office engaged inter-go...
- 2015-04-22 — Pressures on Jamaleddin Khanjani's family had increased since his arrest in 2008. Their country h...
- 2015-05-14 — A global campaign called "Seven Days in Remembrance of Seven Years in Prison for the Seven Baha'i Le...
- 2015-09-08 — The Baha'i International Community and representatives of 23 other major religious traditions offere...
- 2015-09-25 — The UN further defined its Sustainable Development goals at the United Nations Sustainable Developme...
- 2016-00-00 — Asma Jilani Jahangir was selected as the Special Rapporteur in 2016. She was a human rights lawyer o...
- 2016-04-29 — In observance of the eighth anniversary of the arrest and incarceration of seven Iranian Baha'i lead...
- 2016-05-12 — In commemoration of the incarceration of the Yaran in Iran in 2008 the International Baha'i Communit...
- 2016-05-23 — The first World Humanitarian Summit was held in Istanbul, Turkey. The summit, organized by the Unite...
- 2016-09-06 — In a letter the BIC called on Iranian President Rouhani to end systematic ...
- 2016-10-26 — The report from the offices of the Baha'i International Community entitled The Baha'i Question Revis...
- 2017-02-15 — The Baha'i International Community announced the launch of a website for the Baha'is of Iran at Baha...
- 2017-05-12 — The Baha'i International Community launched a global campaign calling for the immediate release of t...
- 2018-00-00 — The Baha'i International Community established a web site, Archives of Baha'i Persecution in Iran to...
- 2018-01-25 — Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Asma Jahangir, ...
- 2018-01-25 — By way of a contribution to the 7th Annual ECOSOC Youth Forum at the United Nations, the Baha'i Inte...
- 2018-01-29 — The 56th session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development focused on strategies for e...
- 2018-03-12 — The Baha'i International Community in New York released the statement "Beyond Mere Economics: A Mora...
- 2018-11-19 — The second annual Arab Sustainable Development Week was held in Cairo from 19 to 22 November to adva...
- 2019-06-18 — About 8,000 people attended the European Development Days conference in Brussels. It was co-organiz...
- 2019-08-00 — Religions for Peace is the world's largest inter-religious coalit...
- 2019-09-10 — In the 42nd Regular Session of the Human Rights Council, the International Baha'i Community presente...
- 2019-10-01 — The Baha'i International Community announced the appointment of Dr. David Rutstein as its new Secret...
- 2020-01-27 — The Baha'i International Community expressed its concern with the surge in persecution by the Irania...
- 2020-03-02 — The Baha'i International Community-Brussels hosted a conference entitled A Vision for A Society of t...
- 2020-03-09 — The Baha'i International Community submitted a statement entitled Developing New Dynamics of Power t...
- 2020-03-25 — The Houthi authorities announced the intended release of all Baha'i prisoners in Yemen as well as a ...
- 2020-04-22 — The Brussels Office of the Baha'i International Community launched a quarterly newsletter to share m...
- 2020-07-30 — It was announced that Mr. Hamed bin Haydara, Mr. Waleed Ayyash, Mr. Akram Ayyash, Mr. Kayvan Ghaderi...
- 2020-09-21 — The Baha'i International Community issued a statement entitled A Governance Befitting: Humanity and ...
- 2020-10-21 — The Baha'i International Community launched the statement entitled A Governance Befitting: Humanity ...
- 2020-11-02 — The Geneva Office of the Baha'i International Community joined with civil society actors, academics,...
- 2021-02-03 — To mark the 25th anniversary of the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action that result...
- 2021-02-08 — The 59th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD59) took place from 8 to 17 February...
- 2021-03-14 — 65th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
The Baha'i International Communit...
- 2021-07-08 — The Baha'i International Community made representation to the United Nations or the Iranian governme...
- 2021-07-13 — In response to the Iranian government's continued campaign of hate speech, the Baha'i International ...
- 2021-07-19 — A Twitter storm under the hashtag of #StopHatePropaganda and running from 5pm to 7pm GMT, 9.30pm to ...
- 2021-12-16 — The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has called on the Iranian government to end its discriminat...
- 2022-02-14 — The statement The Oneness of Humanity—Implications for the Africa-European Union Partnership was j...
- 2022-03-25 — In a statement was delivered by the Baha'i International Community's representative, Simin Fahandej,...
- 2022-06-02 — A conference titled, Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility...
- 2023-01-23 — The Addis Ababa Office of the Baha'i International Community (BIC) released a short video titled Wom...
- 2023-05-15 — The Baha'i International Community announced the launching a global campaign, called #OurStoryIsOne,...
- 2023-06-05 — The second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly was held in Nairobi, Kenya under the theme...
- 2023-12-04 — In a statement released by the Baha'i Community titled, A Change in Tactics: The Iranian Gove...
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