Abstract

This informal presentation discusses the effects of our individual actions, decisions, and personal relationships, in building a world civilisation.

Dan Wheatley worked in Parliament for five years and is currently employed by the Bahá’í community of the UK as government relations officer. His work covers defence of Bahá’í communities facing persecution, campaigning on human rights legislation and facilitating interfaith action on a variety of policy issues. He studied at a United World College in Swaziland Africa before going to Kent University where he read a B.A. in Classical Civilization and an M.A. in International Relations. His dissertation was on the evolution of multiparty democracy in Zambia. He has published a number of essays on human rights and global governance for such organisations as the Foreign Policy Centre, the Federal Trust and George Ronald Publishing. He has travelled in over forty countries and has given lectures in Europe, America and Russia. In July of 1998 he attended the inter-governmental conference to establish the International Criminal Court. He has run two all party Parliamentary Groups and regularly works with MPs, Peers, civil servants and Government Ministers.