ORTHODOX BAHA'IS OF PAKISTAN: THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL BAHÁ’Í COUNCIL

THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL BAHÁ’Í COUNCIL

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To the faithful Bahá'ís under the Guardianship throughout the world.

Through Hand of the Cause, Marilyn Meyer, Secretary,
National Bahá'í Council' of the United States.

PROCLAMATION

22 September 2006

^{It gives me great
pleasure on the occasion of 88th birthday to proclaim the appointment of the
Third International Bahá’í Council—the embryonic Universal House of
Justice—with the membership listed below. In this appointment, those believers,
who have displayed an exemplary fidelity to the Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh and the
Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, during the many years since the passing of
Shoghi Effendi, in their faithful, steadfast and devoted support of and
exemplary service to the living Guardian of the Cause of God, may now be assured
that I have clearly identified my successor and thereby provided, following the
termination of my ministry, for the continuance of the Guardianship in strict
compliance with the terms of the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.}

^{Unlike the action
taken by the first and second Guardians of the Faith, who did not assume the
Presidency of the International Bahá’í Councils appointed by them, I shall
assume the Presidency of the third International Bahá’í Council as an actively
functioning administrative body that can function, as such, thanks particularly
to the facility of the internet, without its members being assembled in one
location.}

^{I am taking the
opportunity provided in the appointment of this third International Bahá’í
Council to identify my appointed successor. His identity is found in the one
whom I have designated below as the single Vice President of the Council who
will succeed to the Presidency, and thereby the Guardianship, upon my passing,
or prior thereto, in the event of any incapacitation in the future that may
preclude my being able to continue functioning as the Guardian of the Faith,
either as determined and announced by myself or, if unable to make such a
determination, as may be announced by my successor on the basis of a decision
rendered by competent medical authority.}

^{As the future event of
a catastrophic nature prophesied by Bahá’u’lláh may seriously affect the
membership of the Council, as shown below, it should be understood that, if the
Vice President named below should not survive such an event, succession to the
Guardianship will be inherited, in turn, by the surviving member of the
Council, in the order named below:}

· ^{President, Joel Bray Marangella}

· ^{Vice President, Nosrat’u’llah
Bahremand}

^·^{Secretary General, Franklin
Schlatter}

· ^{Assistant Secretary, David Maxwell}

^·^{Assistant Secretary, Daniel Havner}

^·^{Assistant Secretary, Y.H. Taylor}

^·^{Treasurer: Jeffrey Goldberg}

^·^{Member: Ross Campbell}

^·^{Member: Joel Jani Marangella}

^{I also take this
opportunity to announce with great pleasure the elevation of the following
faithful believers to the rank of Hand of the Cause of God:}

^·^{Nosrat’u’llah Bahremand}

^·^{Ross Campbell}

^·^{Jeffrey Goldberg}

^·^{David Maxwell}

^·^{Y.H. Taylor}

^{Future declarations
submitted by believers enrolling in the Orthodox Bahá’í Faith who reside in
countries and other localities that are not under the administrative
jurisdiction of one of the Provisional National Bahá’í Councils or Mother
Bahá’í Councils will be submitted to the International Bahá’í Council for
acceptance, acknowledgement and matter of record. The Secretary General of the
Council will upon receipt of this proclamation publish his email and mailing
address.}

^{Copies of future
issues of the Bahá’í newsletter, Star of the Covenant, published by the
Provisional National Bahá’í Council of the United States, will be sent by that
Council to the Secretary General of the International Bahá’í Council for
translation by the appropriate Assistant Secretary of all or a part thereof, as
determined desirable by the Secretary General, and subsequent distribution to
the faithful believers residing in those countries and localities outside of
the United States.}

^{The Treasurer of the
Council will establish an account under the name of "International Bahá’í
Fund" to which contributions may be made by the faithful friends to cover
such expenses as the cost of mailing newsletters and other material.}

^{The Secretary of the
International Bahá’í Council, Hand of the Cause, Frank Schlatter, will
henceforth prepare the annual Ridván letter previously prepared by myself, recounting,
for the information of the faithful friends, significant achievements that have
taken place during the past Bahá’í Year. To enable him to do this, Provisional
National Bahá’í Councils and Mother Bahá’í Councils are enjoined to
periodically inform the International Bahá’í Council of significant
developments that have taken place in their countries so that the Secretary
General of the Council may be able to include a summary of same in this Ridván
letter.}

^{Joel Bray
Marangella.}

^{Guardian of the Bahá’í
Faith}
^{22 September 2006}

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