The Nine Year Plan is well advanced, and this Ridvan will
witness the establishment of seven more National Spiritual Assemblies, five in
Africa, one in South America and one in the Pacific, bringing the total number
of these exalted bodies to 101. (The Universal House of Justice, Ridvan 1971
message to the Baha’i World; ‘Messages from the Universal House of Justice,
1963-1986’) (To read the entire message please visit Messages to the Baha’iWorld Community – by the Universal House of Justice)