Gender Studies.

142 A full account, including the text of the decision of the German
Federal Constitutional Court, can be found in _The Baha'i World_,
vol. XX (Haifa: Baha'i World Centre, 1998), pp. 571-606.

_ 143 Sessao Solene da Camara Federal_, Brasilia, 28 de Maio, 1992,
(reprinted, with English translation by the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of Brazil, 1992).

_ 144 Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha,_ _op. cit._, pp.
34-36, (section 15).

_ 145 United Nations General Assembly, Fifty-Fourth Session, Agenda Item
49 (b) United Nations Reform Measures and Proposals: the Millennium
Assembly of the United Nations_, 8 August 2000, (Document no.
A/54/959), p. 2.

146 See _Commitment to Global Peace_, declaration of the Millennium
World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders, presented to
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 29 August 2000 during a summit
session at the UN General Assembly.

147 United Nations General Assembly, _Fifty-Fourth Session, Agenda Item
61 (b) The Millennium Assembly of the United Nations_, 8 September
2000, (Document no. A/55/L.2), section 32.

148 The respective purposes of the three Millennium gatherings, as well
as the involvement of the Baha'i community in these meetings, were
summarized in a letter from the Universal House of Justice to all
National Spiritual Assemblies dated 24 September 2000.

149 Shoghi Effendi, _The World Order of Baha'u'llah,_ _op. cit._, p. 42.

_ 150 Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah_, _op. cit._, p. 297,
(section CXXXVI).

151 Baha'u'llah, _The Kitab-i-Iqan_, _op. cit._, p. 34.

152 Baha'u'llah, _Prayers and Meditations_ (Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing
Trust, 1998), p. 295, (section CLXXVIII).

153 Shoghi Effendi, _The World Order of Baha'u'llah,_ _op. cit._, p.
193.

_ 154 ibid._, p. 196.

155 Baha'u'llah, _The Kitab-i-Aqdas_, _op. cit._, paragraph 186.

_ 156 ibid._, paragraph 54.

157 Shoghi Effendi, _Messages to the Baha'i World_, _1950-1957_, _op.
cit._, p. 74.

158 Isaiah 2.2 Authorized (King James) Version.

159 Shoghi Effendi, _The Advent of Divine Justice_, _op. cit._, pp.
82-83.

_ 160 Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha,_ _op. cit._, p. 317,
(section 227.22).

_ 161 The Proclamation of Baha'u'llah _(Haifa: Baha'i World Cen