In view of the great responsibility placed upon the
shoulders of the members of National Assemblies by those who elect them, we have
urged National Assemblies to exercise the greatest care in handling of their
National Funds particularly as these funds represent in great part acts of
sacrifice on the part of the friends. It is, of course, within your discretion
how you delegate the manifold tasks involved in the day-to-day operation of
your National Assembly but we earnestly urge you to reconsider the resolutions
to which we referred and provide that two signatures be required for the
withdrawal of funds, one of which would be that of an office-holder who is a
member of your National Assembly.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter from the Universal House of Justice
to a National Spiritual Assembly, August 26, 1973: included in a compilation
prepared by the World Center: "The Need for Care in Handling Bahá'í Funds",
sent to all National Spiritual Assemblies on 22 November 1985; Compilation:
‘Baha’i Funds’, prepared by the Baha’i World Center; Compilation: ‘Lights of
Guidance’)