New Baha’i International Community website - a must-visit

Another great new Baha’i website has just come over the horizon. The Baha’i International Community United Nations Office (BIC UNO) has put up a wonderful new site with loads of information about the work of the BIC at the UN. There’s news about BIC activities, some history of Baha’i involvement with the UN, access to BIC statements and reports and other publications.

Did you know that the BIC presented a Baha’i Declaration of Human Obligations and Rights to the first session of the UN Commission on Human Rights 61 years ago in February 1947? It’s worth a read, particularly in light of current debates about human rights and their relations to responsibilities and obligations and to notions of citizenship (here in the UK, at least).

And you can find out about BIC’s present and future activities at the UN on the site. The 52nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is coming up. BIC will be represented by delegates from over 15 countries, and Dr Augusto Lopez-Claros, Baha’i and international economist, will join a panel of speakers on Financing for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women: Leadership for a Sustainable Future.

You can read the Baha’i International Community’s statement to CSW here.

Altogether a great resource. Go visit!

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