Index for Volume 11, Issue 3 / October-December 1999

In South Africa, the world's religions gather for dialogue and action

Building on the ethical framework established at the1993 Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago, the 1999 Parliament seeks to translate interreligious dialogue into joint intercommunal activities.

In Atlanta, basketball helps get youth off the streets and into their studies

The Bahá'í Unity Center offers a variety of programs - from youth basketball to computer classes - aimed at empowering and uplifting African Americans and refugee and immigrant families.

Second summit between World Bank and world religions focuses on projects

WASHINGTON - Some twenty-one months after their ground-breaking summit at Lambeth Palace in London, representatives of the world's major religions and top World Bank officials gathered here in November to continue their high-level "Dialogue" on how they can work together to more effectively overcome global poverty.

In Seoul, a global conference of NGOs focuses on forging deeper partnerships

The 1999 Seoul International Conference of NGOs represents the first major NGO meeting dedicated primarily to the question of how NGOs themselves might become better organized and empowered on a global level to address the broad range of challenges confronting humanity.

The Millennium Forum refines its program and opens on-line registration

UNITED NATIONS - A tentative pro-gram and tighter criteria for registration were among the topics addressed at a meeting of the Millennium Forum Planning Consultative Council in December.

UN again expresses concern over human rights in Iran

UNITED NATIONS - For the 14th time in 15 years, the United Nations General Assembly has expressed "concern" over human rights violations in Iran, specifically mentioning the "unabated pattern of persecution" against Iran's Bahá'í community.

Perspective: The invisible new movement

For thousands of years, religious differences were more often the cause of war than peace. It is remarkable, then, that religious leaders at the highest levels have begun not only to meet and "dialogue," but have managed to produce consensus documents that set out common positions on significant social, economic and moral issues.

Review: Out of Africa: a global mix of musical styles

Celebration: Congo Music
Vision Arts and Culture
Kinshasa

In much of the Western world, religious music as a genre is quite separate from popular music. Celebration features 13 songs that span a global mix of musical styles, from traditional French ballads to Caribbean reggae -- and inspired by the Bahá'í Faith.