Faith Based Organization: Baha'i International Community
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The Bahá'í International Community is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that both encompasses and represents the world-wide membership of the Bahá'í Faith, including more than five million men and women from over 2,100 ethnic groups and almost every nationality, economic class, trade and profession.
Bahá'í communities the world over are engaged in activities to help achieve the humanitarian, social and economic goals set forth in the UN Charter. These activities include, but are not limited to, fostering grass-roots participation in sustainable development initiatives, advancing the status of women, educating children, preventing drug abuse, eliminating racism, and promoting human rights education. Over 1600 projects are currently operated by Bahá'í communities around the world, including approximately 300 schools owned and operated by Bahá'ís and at least 400 village tutorial schools.
The Bahá'í International Community United Nations Office cooperates as an NGO, sharing its experience, and participating in regular sessions of such UN bodies as the Commission on Human Rights, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Commission on Social Development, and the Commission on Sustainable Development. According to its most recent quadrennial report to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) the Community participated in approximately 150 UN-sponsored meetings between January 1994 and December 1997, offering over 80 statements on a wide range of issues.
The Bahá'í International Community UN Office was also fully involved, along with a number of its national affiliates, in the recent series of UN world conferences on pressing global issues and in parallel NGO activities. These conferences included the 1990 World Summit for Children, the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) in Rio de Janeiro, the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, the 1994 Global Conference on Small Island States in Barbados, the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, the 1995 World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen, the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, the 1996 UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) in Istanbul, and the 1996 World Food Summit in Rome. The NGO Forums held in conjunction with these UN conferences also drew enthusiastic and substantive Bahá'í participation from all over the world.
Bahá'í communities the world over are engaged in activities to help achieve the humanitarian, social and economic goals set forth in the UN Charter. These activities include, but are not limited to, fostering grass-roots participation in sustainable development initiatives, advancing the status of women, educating children, preventing drug abuse, eliminating racism, and promoting human rights education. Over 1600 projects are currently operated by Bahá'í communities around the world, including approximately 300 schools owned and operated by Bahá'ís and at least 400 village tutorial schools.
The Bahá'í International Community United Nations Office cooperates as an NGO, sharing its experience, and participating in regular sessions of such UN bodies as the Commission on Human Rights, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Commission on Social Development, and the Commission on Sustainable Development. According to its most recent quadrennial report to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) the Community participated in approximately 150 UN-sponsored meetings between January 1994 and December 1997, offering over 80 statements on a wide range of issues.
The Bahá'í International Community UN Office was also fully involved, along with a number of its national affiliates, in the recent series of UN world conferences on pressing global issues and in parallel NGO activities. These conferences included the 1990 World Summit for Children, the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) in Rio de Janeiro, the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, the 1994 Global Conference on Small Island States in Barbados, the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, the 1995 World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen, the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, the 1996 UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) in Istanbul, and the 1996 World Food Summit in Rome. The NGO Forums held in conjunction with these UN conferences also drew enthusiastic and substantive Bahá'í participation from all over the world.
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