Mason Remey

The establishment of the council as the forerunner of the UHJ as well as the appointment of its president was very explicit and formal if we can accept that this was the embryonic UHJ whose president can only be the guardian according to the Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Baha. Here are some useful extracts from Shoghi Effendi and some historical information:

9th January, 1951. Shoghi Effendi made the only Proclamation of his ministry announcing the formation of the International Bahá'í Council, which read as follows: Proclaim (to) National Assemblies (of) East (and) West weighty epoch making decision (of) formation (of) first International Bahá'í Council, forerunner (of) supreme administrative institution destined (to) emerge (in) fulness (of) time within precincts beneath shadow (of) World Spiritual Center (of) Faith already established (in) twin cities (of) 'Akka (and) Haifa.

To these will be added further functions (in) course of evolution (of) this first embryonic International Institution, marking its development into officially recognized Bahá'i Court, its transformation into duly elected body, it efflorescence into Universal House (of) Justice..

2nd March, 1951. The Guardian, Shoghi Effendi appointed the following members of the International Bahá'í Council and designated the position each would hold.

Rúhíyyih Khánum as liaison between himself and the council

Charles Mason Remey, President.

Mrs. Amelia Collins, Vice President

Ugo Giachery, Member-at-Large,

Leroy Ioas, Secretary-General

Jessie Revell, Treasurer.

Ethel Revell, Western Assistant Secretary.

Lotfullah Hakim, Eastern Assistant Secretary.

(Information taken from "The Bahá'i World", Vol. XII, page 379)

30th March, 1951. Charles Mason Remey, as president of the International Bahá'í Council was received by Rabbi J. L. Hacohen Maimon, Minister for Religious Affairs in Israel. His Excellency, the Minister, welcomed this representative of our beloved Guardian, assuring him of the friendship of the State of Israel toward all the religious communities in Israel, saying that it was the desire of his government that freedom of religion exist in this country and that their attitude toward all religious communities was one of friendship and of respect, and of the extension of their protection to the Holy Places of these various religions, adding "Have we not all one Father? Has not the one God created us all?" The President of the International Bahá'í Council then spoke of Israel as being the Holy Land of the Bahá'ís, as well as that of the Jews, Christians and Moslems. . . ." The President and Vice President of the International Council have likewise paid calls upon both the Mayor of Haifa and the Mayor of Akka, as well as the Military Governor of Galilee. The President also had a very pleasant interview with the United Nations Ambassador to Israel, Mr. Monett B. Davis. This report by Charles Mason Remey, President of the International Bahá'í Council, and published in the American "Bahá'í News" for June 1951 is of extreme importance to all those investigating the Bahá'í Faith.

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