170. Appointments to Continental Boards of Counselors and Auxiliary Boards

170

Appointments to Continental Boards of Counselors

and Auxiliary Boards

24 March 1976

To all National Spiritual Assemblies

Dear Bahá’í Friends,

170.1 As you will have seen in the Convention message, the Universal House of Justice has appointed six new Counselors and has authorized the appointment of ninety more Auxiliary Board members.

170.2 On the instruction of the House of Justice we now enclose for your information a complete list of the members of the Continental Boards of Counselors following the above appointments, and a list of the Auxiliary Boards showing the increases.

With loving Bahá’í greetings,

Department of the Secretariat

170.3 Membership of the Continental Boards of Counselors

March 1976

**Africa **

Northern Africa Muḥammad Kebdani, Muḩammad Muṣṭafá, ‘Imád Ṣábirán

Western Africa Ḥusayn Ardikání, Friday Ekpe, Zekrullah Kazemi, Thelma Khelghati,

Mihdí Samandarí

Central & East Africa Hushang Ahdieh, Oloro Epyeru, Kolonario Oule, Isobel Sabri, Peter

Vuyiya.

Southern Africa Seewoosumbur-Jeehoba Appa, Shidan Fat’he-Aazam, William

Masehla, Bahíyyih Winckler

**Western Hemisphere **

North America Lloyd Gardner, Sarah Pereira, Velma Sherrill, Edna True

Central America Carmen de Burafato, Rowland Estall, Artemus Lamb, Paul Lucas,

Alfred Osborne

South America Leonora Armstrong, Athos Costas, Mas'úd Khamsí, Peter McLaren,

Raúl Pavón, Donald Witzel

**Asia **

Western Asia Iraj Ayman, Masiḥ Farhangí, Ḥádí Raḥmání, Manúchihr Salmánpúr

South Central Asia Burháni’d-Dín Afshín, Shirin Boman, Salisa Kermani, Dipchand

Khianra, Zena Sorabjee

Northeastern Asia Richard Benson, Elena Marsella, Rúhu’lláh Mumtází, Hideya Suzuki

Southeastern Asia Yan Kee Leong, Firaydún Mítháqíyán, Khudárahm Paymán, Vicente

Samaniego, Chellie Sundram

Australasia

Suhayl ‘Alá'í, Owen Battrick, Howard Harwood, Violet Hoehnke, Thelma Perks

Europe

Erik Blumenthal, Anneliese Bopp, Dorothy Ferraby, Louis Hénuzet, Betty Reed,

Adib Taherzadeh

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170.4 Auxiliary Boards—Riḍván 1976

		Former Number	Present Increase	New Total
Africa
Protection:	Northern	5	–	5
	Western	5	6	11
	Central and East	13	–	13
	Southern	4	3	7
		27		36
Propagation:	Northern	5	–	5
	Western	11	3	14
	Central and East	19	–	19
	Southern	10	6	16
		45		54
Western Hemisphere
Protection:	North America	9	–	9
	Central America	9	2	11
	South America	9	7	16
		27		36
Propagation:	North America	18	–	18
	Central America	9	7	16
	South America	27	11	38
		54		72
Asia
Protection:	Western	9	–	9
	South Central	3	3	6
	Northeastern	3	–	3
	Southeastern	3	6	9
		18		27
Propagation:	Western	18	–	18
	South Central	15	15	30
	Northeastern	15	–	15
	Southeastern	15	12	27
		63		90
Australasia
Protection:		9	–	9
Propagation:		9	9	18
Europe
Protection:		9	–	9
Propagation:		27	9	27
TOTAL		288	90	378
Total Protection	90	27	117
Total Propagation	198	63	261