Acceptance of the ethical dimension of climate change has risen to a new level of importance in discussions at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, say members of the Baha'i delegation.

On December 1, the U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent a resolution condemning the state-sponsored persecution of Baha'is in Iran, the country's largest religious minority.

A study course on the Scientific and Spiritual Dimensions of Climate Change has just been made available online by the International Environment Forum (IEF), a Baha'i-inspired organization addressing environment and sustainable development.

The following 75 Representatives have cosponsored H.Res.175. To learn whether your U.S. Representative voted for H.Res.175, which passed on October 22, 2009, please visit: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll808.xml.  For more information about this resolution, please visit http://iran.bahai.us/hres175-on-the-bahai-in-iran/.

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, by a vote of 407-2, a resolution condemning the government of Iran for “state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.”

On October 1, 2009, Baha'is attended a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing titled, “Violence Against Women: Global Costs and Consequences.” 

Baha’is support the following legislation and international agreements toward the advancement of women worldwide.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

The United States House of Representatives has introduced a resolution, H.Res.175, on the persecution of the Baha’is in Iran. (Download PDF)

The U.S. Department of State has issued a statement condemning the Iranian government’s charges against the seven Baha’i leaders imprisoned in Iran.

A representative of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States was among the group of religious leaders invited to attend the Fifty-Sixth Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral on January 21, 2009.