…a united uprising of the entire Bahá’í world community to
distribute the statement, The Promise of World Peace, issued in October 1985,
to the peoples of the world. Heads of State, large numbers of the members of
national governments, diplomats, teachers, trade unionists, leaders of
religion, eminent members of the judiciary, the police, legal, medical and
other professions, members of local authorities, clubs and associations, and
thousands of individuals have been presented with the statement. It is
estimated that more than a million copies, in some seventy languages, have so
far been distributed. - The Universal House of Justice (Ridvan 1987 message)
