International Survey of Current Bahá'í Activities

Contents: 1. THE OPENING OF THE FOURTH EPOCH OF THE FORMATIVE AGE / by Sherna Deamer. A. A letter from the Universal House of Justice. -- B. Statement by the Research Department on the Epochs of the Formative Age. -- C. International Collaboration Goals. -- D. Public Recognition of the True Character of the Bahá'í Community. (a) World religious statistics. (b) Getting to know people of other faiths (leaflet by Roman Catholic Bishop's Conference of England and Wales, Committee for Other Faiths). 2. SURVEY BY CONTINENTS. A. Africa. -- B. The Americas. -- C. Asia. -- D. Australasia. -- E. Europe. 3. THE PERSECUTION OF THE BAHA'I COMMUNITY OF IRAN. A. The Bahá'í Question: Iran's Secret Blueprint for the Destruction of a Religious Community. -- B. Bahá'ís Killed in Irán between Ridván 1986 and 1992. -- C. Bahá'ís Killed in Irán (1978 - 20 April 1992). D. Bahá'ís Who Disappeared without Trace in Irán and Are Presumed Dead. [Photographs of Martyrs] -- E. Response of the United Nations to the Persecution of the Bahá'ís, 1980 - 20 April 1992. 4. WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES. 5. YOUTH ACTIVITIES. A. Youth Year of Service. -- B. European Bahá'í Youth Council. -- C. Special Youth Projects. 6. BAHA'I SCHOLARSHIP, 1983-1986. A. The Establishment of Bahá'í Chairs at Universities. -- B. Bahá'í Courses in Universities. -- C. Landegg Academy and Institute of International Education and Development. -- D. General Systems Research Conference, Budapest, 1987. -- E. Associations for Bahá'í Studies. 7. BAHA'I PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS. A. The Bahá'í International Health Agency. --B. The Association Médicale Bahá'íe. -- C. The Bahá'í Business and Economics Association. -- D. The Bahá'í Business and Professional Association. -- E. The European Bahá'í Business Forum. -- F. The Bahá'í Justice Society. -- G. The Bahá'í Association for Arts. 8. USE OF COMPUTERS BY THE BAHA'I COMMUNITY DURING THE SIX YEAR PLAN / adapted from an artile by Bryn Deamer and Steven Kolin [sic] 9. RELATIONS BETWEEN NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES AND GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND WITH THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL A. Brazil: Constitutional Reform. -- B. South Africa: Views Submitted on Constitutional Reform. -- C. Singapore: Statement on the National Ideology. -- D. United States: Statement on Race Unity. 10. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS IN THE WORLD ORDER OF BAHA'U'LLAH / by the Universal House of Justice.