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Caption Shown is the 19-member delegation that represented the Bahá’í International Community last January 29 at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France. At the 27th Sitting of the 33rd Ordinary Session the Assembly unanimously adopted Resolution No. 768 calling upon the Iranian authorities “to extend to the Bahá’í community the constitutional guarantees with respect to religious, ethnic and philosophic minorities included in the new Iranian Constitution,” and urging the governments of the member states of the Council of Europe to “utilise every possible opportunity including European Community and United Nations channels, with a view to convincing the Iranian Government of the necessity to respect the law and international conventions to which it is a party.” The Bahá’í representatives, sent to Strasbourg by 16 National Spiritual Assemblies in Europe to support the work of the Bahá’í International Community, are (front row left to right) Mario Marques, Portugal; Giovanni Fava, Italy; Eric Fienieg, Netherlands; Mrs. Mahshid Fatio, BIC representative; Halldór Thorgeirsson, Iceland; and (back row left to right) Giovanni Ballerio, BIC representative; Jack Costelloe, Republic of Ireland; Ulf Persson, Sweden; Ms. Elna Lodrup, Norway; Mrs. Edith Ovesen, Denmark; Francisco J. Gonzales M., Spain; Mrs. Mary Hardy, United Kingdom; Dr. Gerhard Schweter, Austria; Mrs. Rina Driesen, Belgium; Francois Petit, France; Gerald Knight, BIC representative; Mrs. Anita Bontemps, Luxembourg; Dr. Hellmut Schmidt, Germany; Miss Ginette Dunand, Switzerland. Mr. Knight, representing the Bahá’í International Community, addressed the Parliamentary Assembly.
Source Bahá’í News. Issue 615, page 6. View as PDF

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