UN/WTBS – WTBS answer to all JWs
I think almost everyone on this board is aware of the latest case about the UN/WTBS connections. I live in Europe and that case is not the agenda on the average JW. I think over 99% don’t even know anything about this – maybe even close to 100%.
About 1 week ago I write a letter to my national office of JW and ask about the connection. 4 days later I receive an answer letter. They didn’t know much about it and was going to ask the GB in Brooklyn to get a reply. I was told that it normally took about 1 month and maybe more before I could expect an answer
Despite that answer I got a letter only 3 days after. They have received the answer from GB in Brooklyn. They said - I will try to translate to English:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
"Dear elder brother xx
As mention in our letter by the xx of October we as asked would return to your questions as soon as we got a reply from Brooklyn. We have that answer now (me: 3 days later!!!!)and we think the reply will answer your questions. The brothers write:
“The society was in 1991 registered as an NGO organisation only to get access to the extensive library of UN. This makes it possible for our writers - who get an ID-card - to use the library of the UN for research purpose to get information to be used in our articles about the UN. No secret about that.
At the time of the initial application it wasn’t even a demand to sign an implication form. In the years after that – without the knowledge of the GB – the UN published that an NGO organisation was demand to support and work for the goals of UN.
As soon as we were aware of that demand our membership as NGO was cancelled and the writer's ID-card was returned.
We are happy to work with you and send you our loving greetings
Your brothers
Jehovah’s Witnesses
The XX office"
------------------------------------------------------------------
I’m so happy to receive that answering answer. How wonderful to have a FDS taking care of us all. They have nothing to hide and tell us everything we need to know.
I’m sure this wonderful answer will stop all discussion about the UN/WTBS connection. It only took them 3 days to get the GB answer – very fast indeed. It’s been nothing - only a membership to a library. So stop hunting the JW of being a NGO. Only an ID-card was the purpose. And in fact they didn’t know anything about supporting the UN. UN never told anything about that. So they didn’t know. We can’t blame an unknowning GB.
This is an answer from GB possible send to all national offices of JWs. I think they all are told to deliver that message to asking JWs around the world about the UN/WTBS case. Don’t you feel convinced and happy about a considerate GB to all loyal JWs!
beroea
A voice from Europe