| Large gathering of Bahá'ís from all parts of the world
called to commemorate special events. The first World Congress was
called by Shoghi Effendi in his cable of October 1952 outlining the Ten
Year Crusade: 'Convocation World Bahá'í Congress vicinity Garden of
Riḍván, Bag̲h̲dád, third holiest city Bahá'í world, on the occasion of
the world-wide celebrations of the Most Great Jubilee [Riḍván 1963],
commemorating the Centenary of the Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh to the
Throne of His Sovereignty.'15 However, the situation in Iraq in 1963
made it impossible for the Congress to be held there, and the venue was
changed to the Royal Albert Hall, London. The second World
Congress was called by the Universal House of Justice and is due to be
held at New York in May 1992 to commemorate the Centenary of the
Passing of Bahá'u'lláh and the completion of the Six Year Plan.† |
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| † Written in 1989. |
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| The Second World Congress |
| 23-26 November 1992 |
The Second World Congress was held in New York City to commemorate the centenary of the passing of Bahá'u'lláh and the completion of the Six Year Plan. It was attended by some 28,000 Bahá'ís from some 180 countries. [BBD240] [VV136-141] [BW92-3p98-101, 136]
- Nine auxiliary conferences were held in Buenos Aires, Sydney, New Delhi, Nairobi, Panama City, Bucharest, Moscow, Apia and Singapore. [BINS283:3-4]
- For pictures see [BINS283:9-10], [BW92-3p100] and [VV136-141]
- "New York will become a blessed spot from which the call to steadfastness in the Covenant and Testament of God will go forth to every part of the world." - 'Abdu'l-Bahá [AWH77-8 90-1 105-6]
- On the 25th of November a concert was held in Carnegie Hall as a birthday tribute to Dizzy Gillespie called "Celebrating the Bahá'í Vision of World Peace". [VV141]
- On the 26th of November Bahá'ís around the world are linked together by a live satellite broadcast serving the second Bahá'í World Congress, the nine auxiliary conferences and the Bahá'í World Centre and is received by those with access to satellite dish antennas. [BINS283:1–5, 8; BINS286:10; BINS287:4]
- For the message of the Universal House of Justice read on the satellite link see BW92–3:37–4.
- For accounts of personal experiences by some of the attendees see In the Eyes of His Beloved Servants: The Second Bahá'í World Congress and Holy Year by J. Michael Kafes.
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