Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands
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Location of the Solomon Islands
National AssemblySolomon Islands
Statistics:
Total Population
 -  UN 2021[1] 707,851
Bahá'í pop.
 -  Bahá'í source  
 -  Non-Bahá'í source 4,162
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Categories: Solomon Islands • People

The Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1,000 smaller islands in Melanesia, Oceania, to the northeast of Australia. It is adjacent to the the Autonomous Region of Bougainville to the west, Australia to the southwest, Fiji, Tuvalu, and Wallis and Futuna to the east, and the Federated States of Micronesia and Nauru to the north. The Solomon Islands hav a total landmass of 28,896 sq km (11,157 sq mi) and a population of about 735,000 based on estimates in mid-2023.[2]

History[edit]

1953 - Persia[3]

1964 - West Pacific Ocean[4]

1971 - Solomon Islands[5]

Three Bahá’í youth from the Solomon Islands traveled to New Hebrides from September 30 to November 14 at the suggestion of Auxiliary Board member, Alick Soalo. The trip was coordinated between the National Assembly of the Solomon Islands and the National Spiritual Assembly of the South West Pacific. The youth visited the four islands of Efate, Malejula, Santo and Tanna. They presented a musical show 27 times on the trip to about 1,700 contacts.[6]

Meherangis Munsiff of the United Kingdom was the featured speaker at a National Youth Conference December 9 to 11, 1977. Meherangiz was on an extensive teaching trip to the Pacific area. twelve of the 50 Bahá’í youth in attendance volunteered to undertake three-month teaching trips for the National Assembly. Prior to the conference, several government officials were presented with information on the Faith.[7]

October 29 to 30 of 1978, a special conference for the women was held in Tawaimane, South Malaita. During the conference eleven of the 50 women in attendance offered one to two weeks of their time for teaching, deepening and consolidation work with the Bahá’ís in remote areas. Men cared for the 13 children in attendance and prepared the meals. An evening program with an audio-visual and musical presentations attracted many of the local community and about 150 were in attendance.[8]

On October 24, 1978, Earl Cameron presided on behalf of the Bahá’í community over a United Nations Day event attended by the Governor General of the Solomons, Badeley Devesi, the secretary of Foreign Affairs and UN representative, Francis Bugotu, and other dignitaries.[8]

In August 1980, a teaching conference was held in the western province of the Solomon Islands. Children's classes were provided and nearly all Bahá’ís in the province attended. When they realized that few women were present, some of the men took over the cooking details so that the women could attend the session.[9]

At the National Convention in 1979, it was reported that the Solomon Islands now had 66 Local Spiritual Assemblies, 13 of them incorporated, Bahá’ís living in 440 locations, and 11 Centers.[10]

In July 1982, the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of the Báb was observed with a 30-minute TV program prepared by the Bahá’ís of New Zealand. It was the first national TV presentation of the Faith.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Solomon Islands". Wikipedia.
  3. ↑ Baha'i News (1953). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 273, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
  4. ↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 393, Pg(s) 2-3. View as PDF.
  5. ↑ <citebw|15|270}}
  6. ↑ Baha'i News (1976). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 549, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ Baha'i News (1978). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 566, Pg(s) 8-9. View as PDF.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Baha'i News (1979). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 576, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
  9. ↑ Baha'i News (1981). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 600, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
  10. ↑ Baha'i News (1979). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 581, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
  11. ↑ Baha'i News (1982). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 619, Pg(s) 16. View as PDF.

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