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Addis Ababa and Brussels | 8 Apr 2024 A flourishing partnership between Africa and Europe can be founded only on the fundamental...
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Brussels | 22 Mar 2024 Youth as protagonists of their social environments
Any strategy related to youth must be...
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40th Meeting - 55th Regular Session of Human Rights Council Geneva | 22 Mar 2024 Five Yemeni Baha’is are still in detention in Yemen after armed Houthis raided a peaceful Baha’i...
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38th Meeting - 55th Regular Session of Human Rights Council Geneva | 21 Mar 2024 Mr President,
Regrettably, we find ourselves compelled, once again, to raise the situation of the...
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55th UN Human Rights Council session Geneva | 18 Mar 2024 Mr. President,
Last week, in a heart-rending act, Iranian authorities leveled over 30 Bahá’í graves...
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A statement of the... New York | 22 Feb 2024 In the Katuyola village of Zambia, the governing institution of a local faith community, elected by...
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A Statement by the Baha’i... Geneva | 4 Dec 2023 The Baha’i International Community is profoundly concerned by a change in tactics in the Iranian...
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A statement of the Baha'i International Community to the conference on the present and... Brussels | 29 Nov 2023 The development of a new European strategy on elderly people is an opportunity to recognise the...
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A statement made to the HRC54 on the situation of the Baha'is in Yemen. ... Geneva | 11 Oct 2023 Mr. Vice-President,
Over 130 days have passed since the detention of 9 Yemeni Baha’is, including...
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Intervention to the... Warsaw | 6 Oct 2023 Thank you Madam Moderator. Your Excellencies, distinguished guests, my name is Sina Varaei from the...
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Intervention to the... Warsaw | 5 Oct 2023 Thank you Mr Moderator. Your Excellencies, distinguished guests, my name is Sina Varaei from the...
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UN Rights Council –... Geneva | 30 Jun 2023 Mr. President,
On 25 May, 17 Baha'is, including women, were gathered in Sana’a Yemen, for a...
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Intervention to the Virtual Consultations on the Report of the High-Level Advisory Board on... New York | 27 Apr 2023 Distinguished guests and colleagues,
On behalf of the Baha'i International Community, I wish to...
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(Agenda item 4: Human... Geneva | 22 Mar 2023 Mr. President,
More than 8 years have passed since my country Yemen has begun suffering from the...
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UN Human Rights Council –... Geneva | 20 Mar 2023 Mr. President,
Today, women in Iran have become a voice for justice that can no longer be silenced...
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UN Human Rights... Geneva | 20 Mar 2023 Mr. Chairman,
In her report to this session of the Council, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of...
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A statement of... New York | 22 Feb 2023 Rapidly shifting global realities have prompted a deeper appreciation of humanity’s...
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This statement was delivered to the conference on the implementation of national action plans... Brussels | 16 Feb 2023 One of the most pressing questions facing Europe today is how to overcome racial and other forms of...
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A statement of the Bahá’í International Community to the 61st session of the... New York | 12 Feb 2023 The nature of work is projected to change dramatically in the coming decades. Artificial...
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... Brussels | 28 Nov 2022 The Addis Ababa and Brussels Offices of the Bahá’í International Community (BIC) have the pleasure...
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35th special session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating situation of human rights... Geneva | 24 Nov 2022 Mr. President,
Our hearts, and the heart of every unbiased observer, ache as we watch the loss of...
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Geneva | 6 Oct 2022 Mme Vice-President,
One year has passed since Yemen was on the agenda of the Human Rights Council...
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Geneva | 26 Sep 2022 “A policy of systematic persecution”, this is how the Special Rapporteurs on Iran, on freedom of...
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A statement of the Bahá’í International Community Brussels Office published in light (in advance... Brussels | 13 Sep 2022 Among the many consequences of the current war in Europe is the exacerbation of food insecurity in...
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Stockholm | 1 Jun 2022 “This span of earth is but one homeland and one habitation. It behooveth you to abandon vainglory...
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Item 4: General debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention... Geneva | 23 Mar 2022 Mr. Chairman,
The Bahá’í International Community continues to be deeply concerned by the state-...
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Geneva | 16 Mar 2022 Mr. Chairman,
Once again, we reluctantly have to raise the discrimination the Bahá’ís in Qatar are...
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A statement of the Bahá'í International Community on the occasion of the 6th... Brussels | 14 Feb 2022 The African Union (AU) - European Union (EU) Summit comes at a time when humanity finds itself in...
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A statement of the Bahá'í International Community on the occasion of the 6th... Brussels | 14 Feb 2022 The African Union (AU) - European Union (EU) Summit comes at a time when humanity finds itself in...
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A statement of the Baha’i International Community to the 66th session of the... New York | 12 Feb 2022 In a world where the impending risks of climate change press daily, a twofold reality presents...
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A statement of the... Geneva | 29 Oct 2021 “It is fitting to begin with the farmer in matters related to economics, for the farmer is the...
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UN Human Rights Council – 48th Session, September 2021 Geneva | 5 Oct 2021 Madame Chairperson,
History shows that hate crimes always begin with words. In recent months, the...
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UN Human Rights Council –... Geneva | 24 Sep 2021 Madame Chairperson,
Since our last statement at the 46th session of the Council, the situation of...
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Item 2: Interactive dialogue on the report of the Group of Eminent International and Regional... Geneva | 14 Sep 2021 Madame Chairperson,
Over a year has passed since the six Yemeni Bahá’ís who were arrested, jailed...
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Geneva | 15 Mar 2021 Madam President,
Over the past several years, a number of Bahá’í individuals and families in Qatar...
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Baha’i International Community statement to UN Human Rights Council regarding the Situation of... Geneva | 9 Mar 2021 The Bahá’í International Community has been heartened by a global campaign in support of the Bahá’...
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Baha’i International Community statement to UN Human Rights Council regarding the Situation of... Geneva | 1 Mar 2021
Madame Chairperson,
Yemen’s Houthi authorities have harassed the Bahá’í religious minority...
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A statement of the Baha’i International Community to the 65th session of the... New York | 24 Feb 2021 Against the backdrop of a world undergoing profound change, there is a growing recognition of the...
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A statement of the... New York | 8 Feb 2021 Humanity is in a period of unprecedented transition—having passed through evolutionary stages...
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Agenda Item 2-Interactive Dialogue with the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen Geneva | 29 Sep 2020 Mr. President,
The release last month of six innocent Yemeni Bahá’ís from a Sana’a prison should...
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