Toronto, Ontario, 3 June 2008 (CBNS) — Five Toronto-based Iranian leaders of thought have asked the UN Secretary General to press the Iranian authorities to release the Baha'is arrested three weeks ago.
Toronto, Ontario, 16 May 2008 (CBNS) — On 8 May, the Baha’i International Community was given the opportunity to present the SAT program as a best practice learning event to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development during the Commission’s Review Session held at the United Nations.
Toronto, Ontario, 12 March 2008 (CBNS) — Adopting a long-term perspective instead of being merely reactive, aligning national budgets with particular sensitivity to women and girls, and engaging religion and religious leaders in the work of changing long-held practices and attitudes towards women were among the key points raised this year by the Baha’i International Community’s Office for the Advancement of Women...
Toronto, Ontario, 19 December 2007 (CBNS) — The Bahá'í Community of Canada’s national governing body, the National Spiritual Assembly, expressed its appreciation today of the adoption of a strong resolution yesterday by the United Nations General Assembly calling attention to the human rights situation in Iran.
Toronto, Ontario, 21 November 2007 (CBNS) — Canadian Bahá’ís were pleased to see the passage, at the United Nations yesterday, of a strongly worded resolution calling attention to systematic human rights abuse in Iran. The resolution refers directly in two places to the ongoing persecution of Bahá’ís.
Toronto, ON, 22 February 2007 (CBNS) — The Director for the Advancement of Women for the Bahá’í Community of Canada, along with two Bahá’í girls, are set to attend this year’s Commission on the Status of Women.
New York, New York, 13 March 2007 (CBNS) — Two Canadian Bahá’í girls joined about 200 other youth from around the world at the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women to study the question of gender equality.