…the question of universal peace, about which Bahá'u'lláh
says that the Supreme Tribunal must be established: although the League of
Nations has been brought into existence, yet it is incapable of establishing
universal peace. But the Supreme Tribunal which Bahá'u'lláh has described will
fulfil this sacred task with the utmost might and power. And His plan is this:
that the national assemblies of each country and nation -- that is to say
parliaments -- should elect two or three persons who are the choicest of that
nation, and are well informed concerning international laws and the relations
between governments and aware of the essential needs of the world of humanity
in this day. The number of these representatives should be in proportion to the
number of inhabitants of that country. The election of these souls who are
chosen by the national assembly, that is, the parliament, must be confirmed by
the upper house, the congress and the cabinet and also by the president or
monarch so these persons may be the elected ones of all the nation and the
government. The Supreme Tribunal will be composed of these people, and all
mankind will thus have a share therein, for every one of these delegates is
fully representative of his nation. [1]
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the
Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Peace)
[1] The translation of this sentence has been revised since
the publication of "Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá"
