- 1865-05-17 — The first international standards organization, the International Telegraph Union, was established i...
- 1874-10-09 — Headquartered in Bern, Switzerland, the General Postal Union was established when 22 countries signe...
- 1910-05-18 — The Paris International Air Navigation Conference of 1910, also known as the Conférence internation...
- 1943-00-00 — In 1943 Raphael Lemkin published Axis Rule in...
- 1945-04-25 — The United Nations convened in San Francisco.
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- 1945-10-24 — The United Nations was formally established. There were Baha'i representatives in San Francisco in ...
- 1946-06-21 — The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusive...
- 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...
- 1947-07-09 — Shoghi Effendi, as Head of the Baha'i Faith resident in the Baha'i World Centre, received a letter f...
- 1948-08-18 — The Baha'i International Community took part in its first United Nations conference, on human rights...
- 1948-12-09 — The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Resolution entitled Convention on the Prevent...
- 1948-12-09 — The crime of genocide was defined in international law in the Convention on the Prevention and Punis...
- 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...
- 1959-00-04 — Baha'i communities in the United States began the observation of World Peace Day to call attention t...
- 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 ...
- 1962-08-22 — The Custodians ask the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States to make representations to t...
- 1962-09-23 — The Custodians ask the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States to obtain an interview with ...
- 1962-12-21 — Telegrams were sent by the Baha'i International Community to Secretary-General U Thant and 35 United...
- 1962-12-23 — The Custodians asked national spiritual assemblies to cable Secretary General of the United Nations ...
- 1963-01-31 — Roger Baldwin, Chairman of the International League for the Rights of Man, appeared before the UN su...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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'...
- 1976-08-03 — An International Teaching Conference was held in Paris, attended by some 5,700 Baha'is. [BW17:81; DM...
- 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...
- 1979-03-21 — The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a programme of activities to be undertaken during...
- 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'...
- 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]
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- 1983-08-01 — The second World Conference Against Racism was held in Geneva, Switzerland.
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- 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 ...
- 1985-00-00 — To support the United Nations International Youth Year Baha'i communities undertook a variety of act...
- 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...
- 1987-09-01 — The United Nations Secretary-General designated the Baha'i International Community and the National ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1990-00-00 — The United Nations International Literacy Year. [VV108]...
- 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...
- 1991-02-25 — In Iran, a secret government memorandum (known as the Golpaygani Memorandum) was drawn up by Iran's ...
- 1992-06-01 — Baha'is from many countries participated in the United Nations Conference on the Environment (UNCED)...
- 1992-06-05 — The Baha'i Vocational Institute for Rural Women, a non-profit education project based in Indore, Ind...
- 1993-01-00 — Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, the United Nations' special representative in charge of monitoring the human ...
- 1993-02-22 — At the 49th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, the United Nations in Geneva released a re...
- 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...
- 1995-08-30 — 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...
- 1996-07-22 — The ECOSOC in resolution 1996/6 (see p. 20) expanded the mandate of the Commission of the Sta...
- 1997-03-15 — The Baha'i International Community presented a statement The United Nations Decade for Human Rights ...
- 1998-03-02 — During the 42nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March, the Baha'i Internation...
- 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...
- 2000-10-31 — The United Nations Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security...
- 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...
- 2001-06-25 — 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...
- 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 ...
- 2004-12-20 — United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution expressing "serious concern" over the human righ...
- 2005-03-28 — As Chair of the NGO Commission on the Status of Women, Ms Bani Dugal facilitated and organized the p...
- 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...
- 2006-02-27 — The 50th session of the Commission on the Status of Women was held at the UN Headquarters in New Yor...
- 2007-09-13 — The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the resolution entitled United Nations Declaratio...
- 2008-02-25 — The 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women was held at the United Nations headquarter...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 2011-03-24 — The UN Human Rights Council voted to create a Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Ir...
- 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...
- 2015-09-08 — The Baha'i International Community and representatives of 23 other major religious traditions offere...
- 2016-00-00 — Asma Jilani Jahangir was selected as the Special Rapporteur in 2016. She was a human rights lawyer o...
- 2016-10-26 — The report from the offices of the Baha'i International Community entitled The Baha'i Question Revis...
- 2017-09-29 — Arrests of Baha'is in Yemen drew international censure which led to a United Nations resolution, tit...
- 2017-11-17 — A committee of the United Nations General Assembly condemned Iran by a vote of 83 to 30 with 68 abst...
- 2018-01-25 — Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Asma Jahangir, ...
- 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...
- 2018-07-06 — Mr. Javaid Rehman was appointed as the third Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in ...
- 2018-09-29 — In the second court hearing presided over by judge Abdu Ismail Hassan Rajeh, three additional Baha'i...
- 2019-09-26 — By a resolution of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations the international community condem...
- 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 ...
- 2020-11-18 — The United Nations General Assembly had passed a resolution condemning human rights violations in Ir...
- 2020-12-16 — The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution expressing "serious concern about ongoing severe lim...
- 2021-02-08 — The 59th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD59) took place from 8 to 17 February...
- 2021-02-21 — UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs released a report on Yemen stating that the c...
- 2021-03-09 — Javaid Rehman, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of...
- 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...
- 2021-12-16 — The United Nations (UN) General Assembly has called on the Iranian government to end its discriminat...
- 2022-06-02 — A conference titled, Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility...
- 2023-03-11 — The 67th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was held at the UN in...
- 2023-06-05 — The second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly was held in Nairobi, Kenya under the theme...
- 2024-03-08 — A report mandated by the UN Human Rights Council to the Independent International Fact-Finding Missi...
- 2024-09-20 — Summit of the Future was held in New York where world leaders at the United Nations World adopted a ...
- 2024-09-22 — The 75th Anniversary of the United Nations was marked in June 2020 with a declaration by Member Stat...
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