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Though this UNHCHR page no longer exists, an archived copy can be been seen at web.archive.org as of 1 Aug 2013.

The Awake! 2000 December 8 devoted a number of pages to discussing the fine efforts of the United Nations and the Awake 2001 July 22 discussed the benefits of volunteering for the United Nations, along with their need for more volunteers.

The turnaround in Watchtower discussion on the United Nations during the 1990s conveniently coincides with the UN application requirement for affiliated NGOs to publicly support their Charter.

Watchtower Use of United Nations

Although being condemnatory of the United Nations as a "confederacy against Jehovah," Watchtower has not held back from using the United Nations when convenient. Use of their library is just one example.

"The best form of travel,if not the only one, is the airplane. Often we used the H.C.R.'s (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) planes." Mission to Africa p.9

Dubious Justification

In 2001, the UK Guardian ran the introductory article that brought to light the Watchtower involvement with the United Nations, resulting in shock amongst many Jehovah's Witness. Two days later, the Watchtower Society indicated its guilt by withdrawing its UN membership. The Watchtower went on to release information justifying its actions with reasoning ranging between irrelevant to out right dishonesty.

In a letter to the Branches, membership was explained away as the Watchtower's research department requiring access to United Nations library, claiming that in 1991 it became necessary to register as an NGO to have continued access. It also claimed it left on learning the