Getting stuff at the UN is like pulling teeth. It took 15 phone calls but I finally found the contact person and recieved a response. Thus, my friend as of today I have a special message for you that I received as an Email:
Please note the following Email message which I received at 11:50 est this morning:
Dear Mr. xxxxxx,
Thank you for your message of today.
A copy of the requested article will be sent to you next week at the postal address you indicated in your message.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any other questions.
With best regards,
Alexandre Girard
Associate Project Officer
Activities and Programmes Branch
OHCHR
November 30, 2001OHCHR-UNOG
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Telephone Number (41-22) 917-9000
Attention Ms. Suzanne Rodin, Librarian
Dear Ms. Rodin,
Regarding: Request for An Article from the Worldwide Collection of UDHR Materials
My name is xxxxxxxxxxx, I am a Canadian and I am conducting research into documents at your Switzerland location. A lady by the name of Amina at your liaison office (212-963-5931) in New York suggested I should contact you for my request.
I am attempting to locate a copy of an actual document in your collection that makes up part of the "Worldwide Collection of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Materials" ( http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/materials/index.htm) .
In the "article index" ( http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/materials/articles.htm) I observed the following article:
TITLE
A "Long Job Finished"
SOURCE
Awake; 22 November 1998; p. 3-5; Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc., 25 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, NY 11201-2483, USA.
ANNOTATIONS/ COMMENTS
Commemoration of the signing of the UDHR and the role of Eleanor Roosevelt
The document appears to be 3 pages in length. The document is not in any UN library including the UN's main library. I am aware I can get a copy of this document from the publisher but I am more interested in your copy for my research.
I am in the process of conducting research into this issue and this specific document. I am interested in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights copy of this article and any letter/memorandum received by the Commissioner from the author and/or the source.
How do I go about getting a copy of this article from your organization and any accompanying letter that your organization received from the author/source?
I attempted to contact your organization a few days ago through the public Email system but no one responded to my request.
I look forward to your response. Cost for your search is not a problem
Yours truly,
xxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
xxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxx ext. xxxx
facsimile xxxxxxxxxxxx
So hold on for a few weeks my friend.
p.s. Hey did you hear that??? Didn't you hear that?? That was members of the Governing Body who felt like they got kicked in the stones!!!