United Nations Department of Public Information, Public Liaison Service, “Letter in reply to enquiry of 19 February 2002”
“1. The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc., an NGO, had been associated with the DPI since 1992 and requested to terminate its association in 2001. … 2. The United Nations does not force or “trick” any NGO to be associated with DPI. 3. The criteria for association for NGOs have not been changed since 1991.”
Directly addresses the organisation's explanation that the 'Criteria for Association' had changed.
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Provenance and verification note for United Nations Department of Public Information, Public Liaison Service, Letter in reply to enquiry of 19 February 2002
Confidence note. Read the scan (image) on jwfacts. Not available on un.org. Content is consistent with the official 2004 letter (which states the criteria as agreed at association) and is cited by multiple secondary sources, but the original UN copy was not opened.
Scan provenance. Scan hosted by jwfacts.com (discovery site); recipient's name redacted; cc S. Tharoor, T. Gastaut, P. Hoeffel
Corroborated by. src-un-2004-0304-hoeffel-dpi-letter, src-jwfacts-2026-0000-un-association-page
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Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-un-2002-0318-al-mughairy-dpi-letter