thirdwitnoid, if I needed to grasp at straws, then I would be glad that I have you, the ultimate strawman.
The point is that this article was printed and distributed while your publishing company was in association with a United Nations department in 2000. For your publishing house to keep its association, it would have to comply with its association agreement and provide evidence of its distributed material demonstrating their interests in the UN, or, as it said as part of their enrolment: "it is important that you should keep us informed about your organization's information programme as it relates to the United Nations, including sending us issues of your relevant publications" :
The principal purpose of association of non-governmental organizations with the United Nations Department of Public Information is the redissemination of information in order to increase public understanding of the principles, activities and achievements of the United Nations and its Agencies. Consequently, it is important that you should keep us informed about your organization's information programme as it relates to the United Nations, including sending us issues of your relevant publications. We are enclosing a brochure on the "The United Nations and Non-Governmental Organizations", which will give you some information regarding the NGO relationship."
In addition, the criteria for NGOs to become associated with DPI include the following:
- • that the NGO share the principles of the UN Charter;
- • operate solely on a not-for-profit basis;
- • have a demonstrated interest in United Nations issues and a proven ability to reach large or specialized audiences, such as educators, media representatives, policy makers and the business community;
Also, what you fail to point out to readers here, although I'm sure they have gone to the watchtower site, as I asked them, and seen for themselves is that the 'ideal' you mentioned is actually quoted thus:
Young folks will be raised in the spirit of peace and universal brotherhood, the ideal set forth in the UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child.
Here they are PROMOTING the United Nations. A requirement for continued association with the 'wild beast'.
steve