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Peace

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  • Compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, Bahá’í World Centre, August 1985
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  • 40
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41: A Supreme Tribunal shall be established by the peoples and Governments of…
A Supreme Tribunal shall be established by the peoples and Governments of every nation, composed of members elected from each country and Government. The members of this Great Council shall assemble in unity. All disputes of an international character shall be submitted to this Court, its work being to arrange by arbitration everything which otherwise would be a cause of war. The mission of this Tribunal would be to prevent war.
(“Paris Talks: Addresses given by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Paris in 1911–1912”, p. 155) [41]