Brenda, then why did they put a picture of it in the Watchtower magazine.
They are the ones who chose to put the picture in there. No one made them do so. Also Governing Body members themselves get to review the magazine before it gets published.
Anytime they find anything they don't like in one they can and do toss it out before it is published and distributed.
I doubt they totally severed their unofficial ties to the UN even after they had to officially do because they had been caught at it. This helps show it.
They also work with the Mormons on legal cases, filing Friend of Court briefs on their behalf. They meet and vote on Watchtower business every week but if a regular JW wishes to vote on something, they are harrassed, expelled or disfellowshipped.