One Country

In Mongolia, community-grown vegetables fill a big nutritional gap

Old traditions and erstwhile dependence on a centralized economy force an unhealthy reliance on milk and meat; a national campaign to grow more vegetables finds resonance in a grassroots gardening project.

Dialogue between World Bank and world faiths sparks new approaches to poverty

Discussions in South Africa on the 2000/20001 World Development Report are made richer and more comprehensive because of the participation of representatives of the world's religions.

UN Commission on the Status of Women advances new machineries to protect women

UNITED NATIONS – As UN bodies go, the Commission on the Status of Women was for many years relegated to back-bench status. Not any longer.

Annual conference on development for the Americas aims at encouraging non-professionals

ORLANDO, Florida - Over the last six years, the Bahá'í Conference on Social and Economic Development for the Americas has established itself as an event where non-professionals from throughout the Americas can come to learn what it really takes to launch and sustain a grassroots-based, small-scale development project.

Millennium Forum planning structure set

UNITED NATIONS - At a two-day meeting here in February, representatives from various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) gave concrete structure to the planning process for a proposed NGO-sponsored "Millennium Forum," agreeing to a set of organizational by-laws and confirming the membership of the Forum's main organizing committees.

In Thailand, HRH Princess Soamsawali, center, was the guest of honor at the official opening of the new National Bahá’í Center in Bangkok on 26 November 1998. Above, the Princess poses with Bahá’í children who performed at the opening.

Perspective: One world, one currency

A single currency would in some respects be like a world language, improving communications around the globe. It would eliminate the present problems of speculation, instability and uncertainty and would provide a strong foundation for the growing world economy. It would reduce a significant cost and risk of doing business internationally.

Review: Transcending the barriers between East and West

Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet
By Suheil Bushrui and Joe Jenkins
Oneworld Publications
Oxford