THE NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY has issued a new statement on family violence as a follow-up to the one released at the start of the year. It is entitled “Violence in the Family – An Issue for Everyone” and local communities and individual Bahá’ís may well find it useful in their outreach to the wider community, and in particular in their contact with groups concerned with this important subject.

The statement can be obtained from the Bahá’í Information Office. It is also available in electronic form on the national website or in electronic form (RTF or PDF format – please specify which) by sending an email to bio@bahai.org.uk.
 

The Bahá’í International Community issued a special – and hard-hitting – statement for the United Nations World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) which took place in South Africa at the start of September.

Those who wish to have a copy, which would be useful in contacts with like-minded organisations, can obtain it from the Bahá’í Information Office. It is also available electronically as RTF or PDF file.

The National Spiritual Assembly’s own statement to WCAR on behalf of the Bahá’ís of the UK is also available in the same formats: hard copy, RTF or PDF.
 

The Bahá’í International Community issued this statement for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, which took place at the United Nations in New York on June 25-27, 2001.

In order to promote awareness of this timely statement and make it easier for Bahá’ís to use it in their outreach work, the Bahá’í Information Office of the United Kingdom has prepared a formatted (A4) edition which is available on request. It will be sent along with the statement on HIV and AIDS prepared by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United Kingdom as we feel the two are complementary.

To obtain the documents electronically as PDF files, email bio@bahai.org.uk – to obtain them by post, please contact BIO and they will be sent to you.