You didn't read it. They didn't have to act in accordance until the change was made in 2002 without their knowledge. One year after their previous registration had ended and they weren't notified.
They knew perfectly well what was behind the status and meaning of taking on that particular identification within the UN.
Don't fool yourself and be dishonestly dismissive to the knowing facts.
The other dishonest thing the WTS. intentionally did was to not mention that even back then ( 1992) they were responsible for putting in
annual reports to be reviewed to maintain their NGO status, in other words they were responsible for contributing to the sole purpose of the UN
and its established charter designated by being a NGO (DPI) member.
Lets make it perfectly clear the UN with its adjoining NGOs are a worldly government operation. Yes or No ? Of course Yes !
It would be recognizably similar as a single person joining and being a supporting member of a established political party.
That is the core agenda, even if you deliberately joined to extrapolate information from that party and you really weren't there to give support.
Your argument that the WTS. didn't see that printed clearly on the application is wholly dishonest, just like the WTS's
in its embarrassing excuse.
Like I said before they embarrassingly got caught being a deceiving double agent of sorts by associating themselves with the UN,
not just by the rest of the JWS but also by the UN and its own NGO review organizers and officials.
Irregardless of what specific wording was on the application for NGO's.
A obvious case of the WTS. not respecting their own established laws of conduct.