Bahá'í International Community
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The Bahá'í International Community is a Bahá'í-agency under the direction of the Universal House of Justice in Haifa, Israel. It has consultative status with the following organizations:
- United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The Bahá'í International Community has offices at the United Nations in New York and Geneva and representations to United Nations regional commissions and other offices in Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Nairobi, Rome, Santiago, and Vienna. In recent years an Office of the Environment and an Office for the Advancement of Women were established as part of its United Nations Office. The Bahá'í Faith has also undertaken joint development programs with various other United Nations agencies. In the 2000 Millennium Forum of the United Nations a Bahá'í was invited as the only non-governmental speaker during the summit.[1] See this article for further information on the relationship between the Bahá'í International Community and the United Nations.
[edit] External links
- http://www.bic.org is the official web presence of the Bahá'í International Community
- http://statements.bahai.org contains major statements and publications
- http://news.bahai.org contains news stories and press releases by the BIC Office of Public Information
- http://www.onecountry.org is the web site for the quarterly ONE COUNTRY newsletter
