The Universal House of Justice convenes 114 youth conferences around the world

Category
Religion
Place
Global
Date
2013
Reference
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"On 8 February 2013, the Universal House of Justice addressed a message to the Bahá’ís of the world. Noting the decisive contribution made by young people on every continent to efforts aiming at the betterment of society, it announced the convocation of 95 youth conferences in locations that span the globe. The message stated:
To every generation of young believers comes an opportunity to make a contribution to the fortunes of humanity, unique to their time of life. For the present generation, the moment has come to reflect, to commit, to steel themselves for a life of service from which blessing will flow in abundance.
A few weeks later, and owing to the overwhelming response to its announcement in February, the House of Justice shared in a message its decision to convene an additional 19 conferences, bringing the total number of gatherings to 114.
A further message dated 1 July 2013 from the House of Justice addressed to the participants in the 114 youth conferences provided the framework for the gatherings, exploring such themes as the characteristics inherent to the period of youth, the historical contribution of young people to the transformation of society, the responsibilities of the present generation of youth, the society-building power of the Bahá’í Teachings, and the importance of faith and tenacity to a life of service." [https://news.bahai.org/community-news/youth-conferences/]
Many of the conferences were held in less-developed regions of the world in Africa, SW Asia, Pacific Islands, Transcaucasia, South Asia, East Asia, SE Asia, South America, Middle America, and Eastern Europe. The list below shows the cities in those regions where conferences were held:
Africa:
Accra, Ghana;
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
Antananarivo, Madagascar;
Bangui, Central African Republic;
Bukavu, DRCongo;
Chibombo, Zambia;
Dakar, Senegal;
Danane, Cote d'Ivoire;
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;
Kinshasa, DRCongo;
Johannesburg, South Africa;
Lubumbashi, DRCongo;
Kigoma, Tanzania;
Mahikeng, South Africa;
Yaounde, Cameroon;
Bertoua, Cameroon;
Nundu, DRCongo;
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;
Sapele, Nigeria;
Sarh, Chad;
Matunda Soy, Kenya;
Mwinilunga, Zambia;
Mzuzu, Malawi;
Nairobi, Kenya;
Thyolo, Malawi;
Kampala, Uganda;
Kananga, DRCongo;

S.W. Asia:
Almaty, Kazakhstan;
Istanbul, Turkey (2);
Khujand, Tajikistan;

Pacific Islands:
Apia, Samoa;
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea;
Nuku'alofa, Tonga;
South Tarawa, Kiribati;
Lae, Papua New Guinea;
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea;
Port-Vila, Vanuatu;
Nadi, Fiji;

Transcaucasia:
Baku, Azerbaijan;
Tbilisi, Georgia;

South Asia:
Bangalore, India;
Bhopal, India;
Bhubaneswar, India;
Chennai, India;
Dhaka, Bangladesh;
Daidanaw, Myanmar;
Panchgani, India;
Patna, India;
Guwahati, India;
Kadugannawa, Sri Lanka;
New Delhi, India;
Karachi, Pakistan;
Kolkata, India;
Lucknow, India;

East Asia:
Bardiya, Nepal;
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia;
Biratnagar, Nepal;
Macau, China;

SE Asia:
Battambang, Cambodia;
Bidor, Malaysia;
Cagayan de Oro, Philippines;
Kampong Thom, Cambodia;
Vientiane, Laos;
Port Dickson, Malaysia;
San Jose City, Philippines;
Manila, Philippines;
Seberang Perai, Malaysia;
Jakarta, Indonesia;
Kuching, Malaysia;

South America:
Brasilia, Brazil;
Cali, Colombia;
Canoas, Brazil;
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia;
Cochabamba, Bolivia;
Otavalo, Ecuador;
Lima, Peru;
Santiago, Chile;

Middle America:
Bridgetown, Barbados;
San Salvador, El Salvador;
San Jose, Costa Rica;
Georgetown , Guyana;
Aguascalientes, Mexico;
Port-au-Prince, Haiti;

Eastern Europe:
Chisinau, Moldova;
Tirana, Albania;
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine;

This event is linked to the following periods

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Category
Religion
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2020
Transcultural