Index for the April-June 2000 issue of ONE COUNTRY (Volume 12, Issue 1)
At the UN, civil society representatives gather for the Millennium Forum
-- Issuing a lengthy Declaration to world leaders at the Millennium Summit, participants find they have much to say about globalization - even if they don't always agree about its impact.Governments uphold fundamental rights of women at Beijing Plus Five
-- UNITED NATIONS - Despite concern by some women's groups that governments might pull back from commitments made at the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, delegates from more than 180 nations upheld the fundamental importance of full rights for women worldwide at a Special Session of the UN General Assembly here in June.
In Geneva, globalization debate dominates Copenhagen Plus Five
GENEVA - The topic of globalization dominated the discussion at the "Copenhagen Plus Five" UN General Assembly Special Session, held here in June to assess progress in fighting poverty and achieving social integration since the 1995 World Summit on Social Development.
In Atlanta, USA, Bahá'í couples buck a trend of "white flight," consciously seeking to promote racial unity
When the Millers decided two and a half years ago to build a new home, they moved to this largely African-American district of southern DeKalb County in metropolitan Atlanta -- a move that runs against the decades-long exodus of white families from this area.Perspective: Linking Rights with Development
The trend toward the cross-linking of issue areas and policy agendas is increasingly accepted and necessary in today's interdependent world as leaders search for creative solutions to complex global problems. Among the most potentially fruitful of such cross-connections is the convergence of human rights and development.
Review: "As if needles passed through the fabric..."
Years of Silence: Bahá'ís in the USSR 1938-1946
By Asadu'llah Alizad
George Ronald
Oxford