Index for the January-March 2005 issue of ONE COUNTRY (Volume 16, Issue 4)
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At the UN, women rally to preserve advances gained in Beijing
Ten-year review of 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women finds a mixed record of gains and delays on women's rights worldwide and sees a large turnout of NGOs.Copenhagen plus 10 fights to keep social development at center stage
Advocates for the world's poor, the unemployed, and the disempowered, laboring under the shadow of the 11 September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and all that followed, indicated they were hard-pressed merely to hold ground on social development promises.Perspective: The challenge of extreme poverty
For as long as can be remembered, even people of good conscience have dismissed the challenge posed by extreme poverty as something too overwhelming, too vast, and too complicated to be solved. But now a team of 265 development experts and economists has concluded that it is possible to end extreme poverty in 20 years.Bahá'í International Community dismayed at lack of human rights resolution on Iran as persecution worsens
The Bahá'í International Community has expressed its dismay and disappointment at the failure of the UN Commission on Human Rights even to consider a resolution on human rights in Iran this year.Two new members join the Universal House of Justice
In a by-election involving the 183 national Bahá'í communities worldwide, two new members have been elected to the international governing council of the Bahá'í Faith.Bahá'ís in three African nations celebrate 50 years of accomplishments
Half a century ago, because of apartheid restrictions, the Bahá'ís of Botswana had to meet under the cover of darkness. Today, however, the community is well accepted — including by the Government.Clinical economics for the global emergency room
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
By Jeffrey D. Sachs
The Penguin Press
New York