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WATCHTOWER SEVERS ITS 10-YEAR ASSOCIATION WITH THE UNITED
NATIONS AFTER PUBLIC EXPOSURE
For 10 years, from 1991 until October of 2001, the Watchtower Organization was associated with the United Nations as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). What is an NGO?
Proof of the Watchtower's association with the United Nations as an NGO can be found in the following documents: Click HERE for a PDF document of the United Nations Letter (above) concerning the Watchtower's association with them. For verification of the letter's accuracy, contact Paul Hoeffel at: Paul Hoeffel Click this link to view a PDF file of page 334 of the UN's NGO List where the Watchtower was listed as "associated" with the UN "DPI" (Department of Public Information) This type of association with the United Nations is significant because for many years, the Watchtower has spoken out against the United Nations in their literature claiming that it represents the "Wild Beast" of Revelation 17. Regarding the United Nations, in the year 2000 (one year before they diassociated themselves from the UN) the Watchtower claimed:
Many non-religious news sources in the United Kingdom and others reported on the Watchtower's quick disassociation after the rank-and-file Jehovah's Witnesses began to discover the Society's association in 2001:
In the Watchtower's Rebuttal Letter, they claim that they needed to associate as an NGO in order to gain access to the UN Library, but this is untrue because ANYONE can have access to the library regardless of whether they are associated as a NGO or not. See the following links on the public UN Website:
The Watchtower also insinuates in their letter that the Criteria for Association in 2001 contained language that they could not subscribe to and as a result they decided to disassocate themselves in October of 2001. If the 2001 criteria contained language they could not subscribe to because it required them to support and promote the ideals of the UN in its charter, what do we do with the criteria of previous years that contained the same language that they had seen no problem with complying with in earlier years? While it may be true that the registration papers which the Watchtower needed to file with the United Nations from 1991-2000 may not have contained any idolatrous statements, the United Nations states in a 1992 letter (describing the requirements for association right about the time that the Watchtower had just joined as a NGO) that the terms and conditions of being a UN NGO were that the organization needed to "cooperate with the United Nations to help build public understandind and support for United Nations programmes and goals... To be granted association status wiht DPI, NGOs must ... support the Charter of the United Nations... and possess the resources necessary for effective outreach." What? Agree to support the Charter of the United Nations -- the very organization the Watchtower claims to be the "wild beast" of Revelation? This very Charter required them to "give the United Nations every assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the present Charter." The Watchtower agreed to "support" and "give assistance" to the "wild beast" of Revelation? How can this not be compromise with the Whore of Babylon (according to Watchtower doctrine)? How can this not be a violation of the principles of Neutrality they claim to have upheld? For more information on the Criteria for association during the years that the Watchtower was involved, read Pages 1-9 from the official 1994 UN DPI brochure posted on Free Minds Inc: Cover / Page 1 / Page 2 / Page 3 / Page 4 / Page 5 / Page 6 / Page 7 / Page 8 / Page 9 View the "Year 2000 Accreditation Form for representatives of Non-governmental organizations Associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information." (DPI) form below: More information in this regard can also be found at the following website: http://jehovah-has-become-king.com/documentation.html
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1st UK Guardian Article - October 8, 2001:
