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THE UNITED NATIONS – EMBODYING IDEALS

IMAGINE A CHILD asked you, “what does the UN do?” It’s a simple question, and to answer it, you might search the Internet for news stories involving the UN. A couple of hours later, you might say to the child, “well, when it comes to important things – things that matter for people everywhere – there isn’t much that the UN does not do.”

Human Planning, Interdependence and the Summit of the Future

In a classic book on the Ageless Wisdom by Alice Bailey a series of hints was given to a group of students. They were advised to reflect on these hints, using them as a way of evoking the intuition and deepening their understanding of the shifting stream of direction in human affairs.

The Second Hint given to the students in the 1940s seems relevant now, as we approach the forthcoming Summit of the Future at the United Nations in September. The hint reads: “Human planning today is one of the first indications of the emergence of the Will aspect”ⁱ. So, at this time of division and risk, what does the quality of planning tell us about the emerging Will? From World Goodwill Newsletter 2024#2

Expanding Circles of Inclusion - an Interview with Daniel Perell

Daniel Perell is a representative of the Baha’i International Community at the United Nations and is Co-Chair of the Steering Committee of the Coalition for the UN We Need.  World Goodwill spoke with him in late July 2024 about the forthcoming UN Summit and his general perspective on the future of humanity.

Analogies help to comprehend the way human history seems to be unfolding at the macro level and the analogy that I resonate with is that of the evolution or the advancements of a human being. You start out as a baby, and then you go to childhood and adolescence, and eventually to adulthood. Now we are essentially in humanity’s adolescence. From World Goodwill Newsletter 2024#2.

World Goodwill Seminar 2024 (November 2, 2024)

The Will to Good: Rethinking International Relationships. 
World Goodwill Zoom Seminar
Saturday, 02 November 2024
London - Geneva - New York

COP 29 - UN Climate Change Conference - November 11 - 22 , 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan

The Cycle of Conferences Visualisation Initiative is a group meditation project designed to hold major world conferences on key issues in the light of a higher Will and Purpose. Divine energies carrying the Will of God are “stimulating and energising” human thought, creativity and action, leading to a vast diversity of initiatives that, taken together, can be seen as part of the birthing of a new collective will for humanity to become earths stewards.  As part of this process a recognition is arising in vast numbers of human beings from different spiritual and faith traditions that we share “a sacred duty to cherish not only our human family but also the fragile ecosystem that cradles us.”  The will to bring this sacred duty to life through a culture of earth stewardship in economic, social and cultural relationships is a dynamic motivating a growing number of participants at the COP Climate Conferences..

Supporting the Work of the United Nations

If the United Nations is to be as effective as it can be, it needs the support of people from every walk of life, for only through the mobilisation of a global public opinion in support of the work of the UN will Member States be moved to fulfill their responsibilities in the international community.

On every level, from self-education to contacting community organizations, educators, governments and others, there are opportunities for individual and group action.This paper from World Goodwill includes suggestions for action and an extensive list of resources to help people of goodwill support the work of the UN.