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Title: The Prosperity of Humankind

Author: Baha'i International Community

Release Date: September 2006 [Ebook 19283]

Language: English

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The Prosperity of Humankind

by Baha'i International Community

Edition

(September

2006)

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Baha'i Terms of Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Universal House of Justice letter of 23 January 1995 . The Prosperity of Humankind . . . . . . . . . . . . . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Universal House of Justice letter of 23 January 1995

23 January 1995 To the National Spiritual Assemblies of the Baháís throughout the world Dear Friends, As the twentieth century rapidly approaches its end, there is a marked acceleration in the efforts of governments and peoples to reach common understandings on issues affecting the future of humankind. The 1992 Conference on Environment and Devel-opment held in Rio de Janeiro, the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, the forthcoming March 1995 World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen, to be followed in September by the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, are conspicuous indications of this accel-eration. These events are as capstones to the myriad activities taking place in different parts of the world involving a wide range of nongovernmental organizations and networks in an ur-gent search for values, ideas and practical measures that can advance prospects for the peaceful development of all peoples. In this endeavor can be discerned the gathering momentum of an emerging unity of thought in world undertakings, the realization of which our sacred scriptures describe as one of the lights of unity that will illumine the path to peace. The Baháís around the world are, of course, heartened by such hopeful trends and will continue increasingly to lend moral and practical support to them as opportunities allow.

The Prosperity of Humankind

In view of the intensive attention being given to the issues of social and economic development since the Earth Summit in Brazil, we requested the Baháí International Communitys Of-fice of Public Information to prepare a statement on the concept of global prosperity in the context of the Baháí Teachings. This statement is now ready for distribution. We are therefore very pleased to send each of you herewith a copy of The Prosperity of Humankindand to commend it to your use as you pursue activities that enable you to interact with governments, organi-zations, and people everywhere. Our confident hope is that the statement will assist you to foster understanding of this important topic among the members of your communities and thus vitalize their contribution to the constructive social processes at work throughout the planet. With loving Baháí greetings, [The Universal House of Justice] Enclosure

The Prosperity of Humankind

To an extent unimaginable a decade ago, the ideal of world peace is taking on form and substance. Obstacles that long seemed immovable have collapsed in humanitys path; apparently ir-reconcilable conflicts have begun to surrender to processes of consultation and resolution; a willingness to counter military aggression through unified international action is emerging. The effect has been to awaken in both the masses of humanity and many world leaders a degree of hopefulness about the future of our planet that had been nearly extinguished. Throughout the world, immense intellectual and spiritual ener-gies are seeking expression, energies whose gathering pressure is in direct proportion to the frustrations of recent decades. Every-where the signs multiply that the earths peoples yearn for an end to conflict and to the suffering and ruin from which no land is any longer immune. These rising impulses for change must be seized upon and channeled into overcoming the remaining barriers that block realization of the age-old dream of global peace. The effort of will required for such a task cannot be summoned up merely by appeals for action against the countless ills afflicting society. It must be galvanized by a vision of human prosperity in the fullest sense of the term an awakening to the possibilities of the spiritual and material well-being now brought within grasp. Its beneficiaries must be all of the planets inhabitants, without distinction, without the imposition of conditions unrelated to the fundamental goals of such a reorganization of human affairs. History has thus far recorded principally the experience of tribes, cultures, classes, and nations. With the physical unifica-tion of the planet in this century and acknowledgement of the interdependence of all who live on it, the history of humanity

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