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Bahá'í Chronology - The Universal House of Justice - 151 B.E. (A.D. 1994-1995)
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< 150 B.E. | 152 B.E. >
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[ 37 Articles ]
• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 24 March A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The Dalai Lama visits the Bahá'í World Centre, the first time a head of a religion has visited the Shrine of the Báb. [BW93–4:78, CBN Vol 7 no 1 May/June 1994]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The National Spiritual Assembly of Cambodia is formed with its seat in Phnom Penh. [BINS317:1; BW93–4:82; BW94–5:25, 30–1]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The National Spiritual Assembly of Mongolia is formed with its seat in Ulaan Baatar. [BINS317:1–2; BW93–4:82; BW94–5:25, 31–2]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The National Spiritual Assembly of Slovenia and Croatia is formed with its seat in Ljubljana, Slovenia. [BINS317:2; BW93–4:82; BW94–5:25, 3–6]
  • For picture see BINS320:9 and BW94–5:35.
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The National Spiritual Assembly of Kazakhstan is formed with its seat in Astana. The 120 Baha'is gathered at the Convention were joined by Lauretta King, Counsellor member of the International Teaching Centre, who represented the Universal House of Justice for the occasion. [BINS317:2–3; BW93–4:82; BW94–5:25, 29–30]
  • For picture see BW94–5:28.
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The National Spiritual Assembly of Tajikistan is formed with its seat in Dushanbe. Counsellor member of the International Teaching Centre, Shapoor Monadjem, represented the House of Justice at their Convention. [BINS317:3; BW93–4:82; BW94–5:26, 29–30]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The National Spiritual Assembly of Uzbekistan is formed with its seat in Tashkent. [BINS317:3–4; BW93–4:82; BW94–5:26, 29–30]
  • For picture see BINS328:9 and BW94–5:30.
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1994
• A.M.
Counsellor member of the International Teaching Centre Lauretta King represented the House of Justice at the first National Convention of the Baha'is of Kyrgyzstan, held 23-24 April in Bishkek. The 150 adults, youth, and children gathered for the historic event expressed their "deepest gratitude and devotion to the Blessed Beauty, Bahá'u'lláh." [BW94-95p29]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 27 April A.D. 1994
• A.M.
Civil war (The War of Secession of 1994, May to early July) erupts in Yemen and ends in a victory for Saleh within three months. A major tank battle erupted in Amran, near San'a. Both sides accused the other of starting it.

On 4 May, the southern air force bombed San'a and other areas in the north; the northern air force responded by bombing Aden.

President Saleh declared a 30-day state of emergency, and foreign nationals began evacuating the country.

Vice President al-Beidh was officially dismissed.

South Yemen fired Scud missiles into San'a, killing dozens of civilians.

Prime Minister Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas was dismissed on May 10 after appealing for outside forces to help end the war.

Southern leaders seceded and declared the Democratic Republic of Yemen (DRY) on 21 May 1994. No international government recognized the DRY.

In mid-May, northern forces began a push toward Aden. The key city of Ataq, which allowed access to the country's oil fields, was seized on May 24.

The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 924 calling for an end to the fighting and a cease-fire. A cease-fire was called on 6 June, but lasted only six hours; concurrent talks to end the fighting in Cairo collapsed as well.

The north entered Aden on 4 July. Supporters of Ali Nasir Muḥammad greatly assisted military operations against the secessionists and Aden was captured on 7 July 1994. Most resistance quickly collapsed and top southern military and political leaders fled into exile.

Almost all of the actual fighting in the 1994 civil war occurred in the southern part of the country, despite air and missile attacks against cities and major installations in the north. Southerners sought support from neighbouring states and may have received military assistance from Saudi Arabia and Oman, which felt threatened by a united Yemen. The United States repeatedly called for a cease-fire and a return to the negotiating table. Various attempts, including by a UN special envoy and Russia, were unsuccessful to effect a cease-fire.

President Saleh now had control over all of Yemen. A general amnesty was declared, except for 16 southern figures accused of misappropriation of official funds.

YSP (Yemen Socialist Party) leaders within Yemen reorganized following the civil war and elected a new politburo in July 1994. However, much of its influence had been destroyed in the war.

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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada presented a paper entitled A Bahá'í Perspective on the Future of Canadian Foreign Policy to the Special Joint Parliamentary Committee reviewing Canadian Foreign Policy. [A Bahá'í Perspective on the Future of Canadian Foreign Policy]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1994
• A.M.
An accord between northern and southern leaders was signed in Amman but this could not stop the civil war. During these tensions, both the northern and southern armies–which had never integrated–gathered on their respective frontiers
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 19 May A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The first National Bahá'í Conference of Armenia is held in Yerevan. [BINS318:5–6]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 22 May A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The first Bahá'í Children and Youth Conference of Martinique is held in Fort-de-France, attended by 22 people. [BINS318:4–5]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• June A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The first National Youth School of Mongolia is held in Darkhan, attended by 34 youth. [BINS321:4]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 11 / 12 June A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The first Bahá'í conference to be held in the Republic of Georgia takes place in Tbilisi, attended by over a hundred people from countries. [BINS319:5]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 13 June A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, visits the Bahá'í World Centre to view the Terraces Project. [BW94–5:77]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 6 / 10 July A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The first Children's Bahá'í Summer School of Pakistan is held in Abbottabad, attended by 13 children. [BINS324:5]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 20 / 25 July A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The European Bahá'í Youth Council sponsors five regional ‘Shaping Europe' conferences, in Berlin, Bucharest, St Petersburg, Barcelona and Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. [BINS323:3–5; BW94–5:177–8, 189]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 22 / 23 July A.D. 1994
• A.M.
His Excellency France Albert René, President of the Republic of Seychelles, consults with the Universal House of Justice. [BINS322:9; BW94–5:76–7]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 28 July A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The World Forestry Charter Gatherings, established by Richard St. Barbe Baker in 1945, are re-instituted by the Bahá'í International Community's Office of the Environment at a luncheon at St James's Palace, London. [AWH75; BW94–5:112–13, 142–3; OC6,2:1; VV106]
  • For pictures see BW94–5:143 and OC6,2:1, 12.
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• Summer A.D. 1994
• A.M.
A Maoris teaching team visited British Columbia. The visit was reciprocated by The Journey of Teech-ma, the First Nations Travel Teaching Trip to the South Pacific. See entry for 24 March, 1997. [SDSC370]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 4 August A.D. 1994
• A.M.
Shimon Peres, Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs, makes an official visit to the Bahá'í World Centre. [BW94–5:77]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 5 / 13 September A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The Bahá'í International Community attends the United Nations International Conference on Population of Development and the parallel Non-Governmental Organizations' Forum in Cairo. [BINS328:1]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 9 / 11 September A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The first National Youth Conference of Liberia is held, attended by 75 youth. [BW94–5:188–9]
  • For picture see BW94–5:189.
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 25 September A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The murder of Mr Esfandiar Bassari in Umtata, Transkei. He and his wife, Forough Bassari, were shot in an attack by gunmen. They had moved from Canada. Mr. Bassari was a hydro-geologist working with the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. [From a press release from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South Africa dated 26 September, 1994]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• October A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The Bahá'í Health Association for Central and Eastern Europe and the European Bahá'í Dental Association are formed at the second Bahá'í Health Conference held at De Poort, Netherlands. [BW94–5:116]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 October A.D. 1994
• A.M.
President Ali Abdallah Saleh was elected by Parliament on 1 October 1994 to a 5-year term. However, he remained in office until 2012.
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 19 October A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The publication of In the Eyes of His Beloved Servants: The Second Bahá'í World Congress and Holy Year by J. Michael Kafes. This book captures the firsthand experiences of Baha'is from all around the world, who participated in the Baha'i World Congress at Jacob Javits Convention Center in November 1992, as well as experiences Baha'is had during the Baha'i Holy Year. [from the book]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 7 / 9 December A.D. 1994
• A.M.
The first World Press Exhibition is held by the Information and Public Relations Committees of the National Spiritual Assembly of El Salvador to mark the International Day of Peace. [BINS335:2]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1995
• A.M.
The Association for Latin American Bahá'í Writers and Authors is formed at the fifth Latin American Seminar for External Affairs in Cali, Colombia. [BINS336:2]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• January A.D. 1995
• A.M.
The first National Teaching Conference of Cambodia is held in Phnom Penh, attended by more than 50 Bahá'ís. [BINS334:2]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• January A.D. 1995
• A.M.
The first meeting of the Association of Bahá'í Doctors and Health Professionals in India takes place. [BW94–5:116]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• January A.D. 1995
• A.M.
By decision of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United State the Wilmette Institute is established as an agency of the National Assembly. "The Wilmette Institute is a center of Bahá'í learning. Its programs aim to facilitate study and dialogue on the teachings and principles of the Faith to help individuals and communities apply learning and advance human civilization." In 1998, the Wilmette Institute moved to a largely online study approach in order to provide educational classes to a broader student body. [Wilmette Institute]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 23 January A.D. 1995
• A.M.
To response to the increased attention given to the issues of social and economic development following the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992, the Universal House of Justice asked the Bahá'í International Community's Office of Public Information to prepare a statement on the concept of global prosperity in the context of the Bahá'í teachings. The statement is entitled The Prosperity of Humankind. [Mess86-01p417-8, The Prosperity of Humankind]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• February A.D. 1995
• A.M.
Jacinto Peynado, Vice President of the Dominican Republic, visits the Bahá'í World Centre. [BW94–5:77]
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• 151 B.E.
• A.H.
• 3 / 12 March A.D. 1995
• A.M.
The Bahá'í International Community and Bahá'ís from many countries participate in the United Nations World Summit for Social Development and the parallel Forum ‘95 for non-governmental organizations in Copenhagen. [BINS337:1–2]
  • For a report of the Bahá'í involvement in the Summit see BW94–5:37–6.
  • For the text of The Prosperity of Humankind, the Bahá'í International Community statement released at the Summit, see BW94–5 273–96.
  • For pictures see BW94–5:39, 43, 45.
 
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< 150 B.E. | 152 B.E. >
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Most of the Gregorian Calendar dates, A.H. 1166 (A.D. 1753) to 153 B.E (A.D. 1996), are from the original book, A Basic Bahá'í Chronology. From 153 B.E (A.D. 1996) to present the Gregorian Calendar dates are from A Basic Bahá'í Chronology online. The Hebrew, Islamic and Bahá'í dates were calculated by the ABG staff and may be subject to error, despite the great care that was taken. When the Gregorian date is "In the year", "c. Mar 1797", etc., we list the nearest approximate Hebrew, Islamic and Bahá'í dates.
 
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