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The second All-Swiss Conference convened in Zurich, foreshadowing the closer integration of the ten goal countries of the European continent through the eventual formation of regional National Assemblies in Scandinavia, the Benelux countries, Switzerland, Italian and Iberian peninsulas. (12:4) Baha'i literature in Greenlandic, previously disseminated as far as Thule, Etah, beyond the Arctic Circle, has been dispatched to radio station in Brondlundsfjord, Peary Land, eighty-second latitude, northernmost outpost of the globe. (12:5) Ties, linking the World Center of the Faith with the newly-emerged, rapidly consolidating sovereign state in the Holy Land, have been reinforced through the delivery by the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Mazra'ih Mansion into Baha'i custody, the recognition of Baha'i Holy Days by the Ministry of Education and Culture, following exemption granted to Baha'i international endowments, and recognition accorded Baha'i marriage certificate. (12:6) Baha'u'llah's residence in `Akka, the scene of severe crises in the course of the ministries of the Founder of the Faith and the Center of His Covenant renovated and furnished, are added to the Holy Places already opened to the steadily swelling number of visitors both local and foreign. (12:7) A significant step was taken by the City Governorate of Cairo presaging the eventual recognition by state authorities of the Baha'i laws of personal status, already codified and submitted to the central government by the Egyptian National Assembly. (12:8) Bonds binding the Baha'i world community to United Nations strengthened by Baha'i participation in regional conference of Nongovernmental Organizations in Geneva and Istanbul. (12:9) Preliminary steps taken in preparation of final design for the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar on Mount Carmel by President of the International Baha'i Council, specifically appointed by `Abdu'l-Baha to be its architect.
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