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| 1892. (Summer) | Anton Haddad arrived in New York from Cairo via Alexandria. He, with Ibrahim Kheiralla, had planned to market Kheiralla's patented invention, a ticket with space for advertising, in time for the World's Columbian Exposition. Kheiralla would following him after an unsuccessful attempt to sell another invention in Russia and then in Germany.
Anton Haddad was the first Bahá'í to arrive in the New World. [BFA1p26] |
New York, NY | Anton Haddad | |
| 1924. (In the year) | The publication of The Divine Art of Living by Mary M Rabb. It had been serialized in Star of the West from
Vol 7 No 16 (Dec 31, 1916) to
Vol 8 No 13 (Nov 4, 1917)
and later in
World Order Vol 1 No 1 April 1940 to
Vol 6 No 1 April, 1940. In 1924 was published in a leather bound volume and was reprinted in 1926 by Brentan's of New York. [BEL 3.39 - 3.40]
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New York, NY | Divine Art of Living (book); Mary Rabb | |
| 1925. Mar | In the Bahá'í News Letter the bulletin of the National Spiritual Assembly of the US and Canada, the secretary, Horace Holley, announced that the National Assembly had made a comprehensive series of excerpts from all the general letters of Shoghi Effendi written from 21 January 1922 to 27 November 1924 and had the Publishing Committee print it in booklet form entitled Letters from Shoghi Effendi. [Bahaipedia; Bahá'í News Letter No 3 March 1925 p1] | New York, NY | Letters from Shoghi Effendi | |
| 1926. 1 Oct | The office of the National Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada was moved from Green Acre to 48 West 10th Street in New York, in the house that was so richly blessed by the presence of 'Abdu'l-Bahá many times during His visit. [BN No 12 June - July 1926 p1] | Green Acre; New York, NY | National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada | |
| 1929. 18 Mar | The International Bahá'í Bureau was recognized by the League of Nations. [BIC History Timeline] | New York, NY | League of Nations; Bahai International Community | |
| 1947. 18 Jun | The International Bahá'í Bureau contributed to the preparatory work of the Human Rights Commission for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [BIC History 18 Jun 1947] | New York, NY | UN; Bahai International Community; BIC | |
| 1949. 9 Nov | The Bahá'í International Community, in a letter addressed to Mr Trygve Lie, the Secretary-General of the United Nation, informed the United Nations of the spiritual nature of the Bahá'í Faith.
[BW12p598-600]
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New York, NY; United States | Bahai International Community | |
| 1984. 19 Oct | The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) appointed Andrés Aguilar of Venezuela as its Special Representative to Iran on human rights. Iran refused to engage with him and he eventually resigned in 1986, unable to persuade Iranian officials to cooperate with him in any way. [Wikipedia; BIC site History] | New York, NY | UN; United Nations; UNHCR; Andres Aguilar; Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran; Bahai International Community | |
| 1986 (In the year) | Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, a prominent diplomat, and professor of law from El Salvador served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran from 1986 to 1995. He visited Iran three times between 1990 and 1992, but after his third visit, he was barred from visiting Iran.
[Wikipedia]
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New York, NY | UN; United Nations; Galindo Pohl; Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran; Bahai International Community | |
| 1990. 29 - 30 Sep | The largest gathering of world leaders in history assembled at the United Nations to attend the World Summit for Children. Led by 71 heads of State and Government and 88 other senior officials, mostly at the ministerial level, the World Summit adopted a Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children and a Plan of Action for implementing the Declaration in the 1990s.
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New York, NY | United Nations; Bahai International Community; BIC statements | |
| 1995 (In the year) | Following the resignation of Galindo Pohl, the UNCHR appointed Maurice Copithorne, a Canadian lawyer, as the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran.
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New York, NY | Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran; UN; United Nations; Maurice Copithorne; Bahai International Community | |
| 1996. 1 Aug | The Bahá'í International Community launched its first website. The site contained exclusively Baha'i International Community statements. Previously these statements had been hosted on an Internet Gopher server. [BIC History Launch of Official Website] | New York, NY | Bahai International Community | |
| 1998. 2 - 13 Mar | During the 42nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March, the Bahá'í International Community presented its statement Empowering the Girl Child, which supported the girl child as a critical area of concern. [UN Women] | New York, NY | Bahai International Community; Women; United Nations; BIC statements | |
| 2001. 25 - 27 Jun | During the special session of the General Assembly on the HIV./AIDS pandemic held at the UN headquarters, the Bahá'í International Community circulated a written statement entitled HIV/AIDS and Gender Equality: Transforming Attitudes and Behaviors that emphasized the need to transform the attitudes and behaviors that spread the disease and directed attention to the important roles played by men and faith communities in turning the tide of the pandemic. [BIC History] | New York, NY | Bahai International Community; United Nations; HIV/AIDS; Gender; Equality; BIC statements | |
| 2006. 27 Feb - 10 Mar | The 50th session of the Commission on the Status of Women was held at the UN Headquarters in New York. [UN Women]
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New York, NY | United Nations; Bahai International Community; Women; Commission on the Status of Women; BIC statements | |
| 2008. 25 Feb - 7 Mar | The 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York. [UN Women]
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New York, NY | United Nations; Bahai International Community; Women; Bani Dugal; Commission on the Status of Women; BIC statements | |
| 2008. 01 Sep | The publication of The Bahá'í Question: Cultural Cleansing in Iran by the Bahá'í International Community.
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New York, NY | Bahai International Community; BIC statements | |
| 2010. 2 Jul | The UN General Assembly voted unanimously to create UN Women, (General Assembly resolution 64/289) a new entity merging the four UN offices focusing on gender equality: the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), the Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues, and the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women. Following the passage of the resolution, the Bahá'í International Community, as one of the core NGOs leading the campaign for the new gender entity, received congratulatory notes from NGOs and women around the world expressing their appreciation and support for its role in the four-year campaign. [BIC History; UN Women]
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New York, NY; United States | United Nations; Bahai International Community; UN Women; Commission on the Status of Women; BIC statements | |
| 2011 Mar | In March 2011, the UN Human Rights Council re-established the mandate of Special Rapporteur to Iran, which they had terminated in 2002, under the title "Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran". The Commission had stopped appointing investigators for Iran in an effort to encourage a dialogue with the country on human rights. Then, in 2005, the Commission was disbanded in favour of a new entity, the Human Rights Council, which, for a variety of reasons, was considerably more reluctant to criticize individual countries. Human rights activists believed the moral authority behind having such a UN-appointed special rapporteur was a critical step in bringing to light the severity of rights violations in Iran. [One Country]
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New York, NY | Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran; Ahmed Shaheed; UN; United Nations; Bahai International Community | |
| 2011. 21 Oct | The release of the report entitled Inciting Hatred by the Bahá'í International Community which summarized each of the 400-plus documents or articles that were collected during the period of this survey, from 17 December 2009 to 16 May 2011 to prove that the Iranian regime has a systematic programme to demonize the Bahá'í community in the eyes of their compatriots. The report says in part "Despite this prolonged and systematic attack on its integrity and values, Iran’s Bahá’í community is not dispirited, demoralized or downtrodden. Nor have they risen up to counter-attack their oppressors with force or any trace of bitterness. Rather they have calmly stated their case and called for their fundamental human rights with dignity and courtesy, winning the admiration of their compatriots, observers and, in some cases, even those who are obligated to oppress them under government policy." |
New York, NY | United Nations; Bahai International Community; BIC statements | |
| 2018. 25 Jan | Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Asma Jahangir, in her report, shared with that country on this date, listed the names of some 77 Bahá'ís imprisoned in that country.
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New York, NY | UN; United Nations; Asma Jahangir; Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran; Bahai International Community; BIC statements | |
| 2018. 6 Jul | Mr. Javaid Rehman was appointed as the third Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran since re-establishment of the mandate. The former mandate holder, Ms. Asma Jahangir assumed the mandate from November 2016 until her sudden passing in February 2018. Mr. Rehman was a Professor of International Human Rights Law and Muslim Constitutionalism at Brunel University, London. Mr Rehman taught human rights law and Islamic law and continued to publish extensively in the subjects of international human rights law, Islamic law and constitutional practices of Muslim majority States. Several of his published works have been translated into various languages. Overview of the mandate The Human Rights Council Resolution 37/30 requested the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to submit a report on the implementation of the mandate to the Human Rights Council at its fortieth session and to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session and calls upon the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur, to permit access to visit the country, and to provide all information necessary to allow the fulfillment of the mandate. In the discharge of his mandate, the Special Rapporteur will: a) Monitor and investigate human rights violations, transmits urgent appeals and letters to Iran on alleged violations of human rights; b) Seek to undertake country visits to Iran and to the region and engage with relevant stakeholders; c) Submit reports to the General Assembly and Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran; and d) Engage publicly on issues of concern, including through press releases. |
New York, NY | Javaid Rehman; UN; United Nations; Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran | |
| 2019. 10 Sep | In the 42nd Regular Session of the Human Rights Council, the International Bahá'í Community presented an Oral Statement addressing the High Commissioner report on Yemen.
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New York, NY; Yemen | Persecution, Yemen; BIC; Bahai International Community |
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| 1952. 10 Jan | The passing of Honoré Jaxon (b. 1861 as William Henry Jackson in the village of Wingham, ON). He died one month after his eviction from his basement apartment where he hoarded three tons of archival material which he hoped would become a library for the study of the Métis people of Saskatchewan.
See Speechless 4 December 2009 for a chronological biography as well as a bibliography / webliogrphy of other works on him. See NUVO for a photo of his eviction from the New York Daily News archive and a short biography. See as well BFA1p90-93; OBCC18-21, 25-26. |
New York, NY | In Memoriam; Honore Jaxon; Metis | |
| 1992. 23 - 26 Nov | The film, 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Mission to America, made by Elizabeth Martin, was prepared for the World Congress program and also used in the Theme Pavilion. [HNWE45] | New York, NY | film; Abdul-Baha: Mission to America; Elizabeth Martin |
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