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Maximus:
... That means trotting to libraries, where you have to get a card--even the UN.Bet you a gazillion they just weren't thinking about the implications of what they did. My point was, If you are at the top you can do many things with impunity, and without giving it a second thought as to propriety.
I disagree and take issue with your twice characterization of the Society's joining with the UN as a NGO Partner/Associate as merely being a stupid attempt to gain a "UN Library Card", with the implications of such being unforeseen or at least minimized.
The evidence clearly points to the fact that the Society developed a strategy in the late 1980s to seek out friendships and partnerships with both Governmental entities and NGOs in an effort to gain favors which would advance the WTS's worldwide corporate goals.
I believe that AIDAFRIQUE was founded in 1990. The French JW Website has several webpages which brag about AIDAFRIQUE'S cooperative activities in Africa with UNHCR throughout the 1990s.
Recent posts here show that the WTS has participated in government hearings relating to "freedom of religion" in at least the U.S. and Australia.
Recent posts here also show that the WTS has a cozy relationship with OSCE, HRWF, and other European HR NGOs.
We all know about the WTS's relationship with CESNUR. What many may not know is that its Pres, Massimo Introvigne, is even currently in the process of writing a WTS history book.
The excerpt below shows that the WTS has used its UN NGO status to participate in UN International Conferences, and has gained a good measure of prestige from such.
All this proves that Lloyd Barry DID NOT do this behind the GB's back. Gaining NGO status at the UN was part of an WTS global plan.
For you to characterize the WTS's prostitution with the Beast as simply being a stupid attempt to gain a "UN Library Card" gives the WTS the "OUT" of saying, "As imperfect humans, we simply made a stupid mistake".
NO, this was calculated and deliberate, and we should not Help the WTS to get OUT of this one!!!
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United Nations Conference on National Minorities
Geneva, May 1999
Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Canada
From May 25 - 31, 1999 the Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Canada (MHRMC) attended a conference sponsored by the United Nations Commission On Human Rights, Sub Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, Fifth Working Group Session. The conference was held in Geneva, Switzerland, the European headquarters of the United Nations. In addition to the two external delegates of the MHRMC, Spiro Kotsopoulos and Susan Trchaevski, one internal delegate, Father Nikodim Tsarknias, also attended the conference.
Participants at the conference included government delegations from over thirty countries, as well as over fifty Non Governmental Organizations (NGO's) such as the MHRMC. The conference also had a special guest for one of the afternoon sessions, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Mary Robinson. Ms. Robinson gave an oral presentation and responded to questions from the Working Group. The purpose of the conference is to investigate and promote a better understanding between States and minority groups according to the United Nations Declaration on Minority Rights.
The MHRMC was able to voice its concerns, called an intervention, for Macedonian minorities in Greece, Bulgaria and Albania, on two separate occasions for all of the governmental and NGO representatives for the Working Group. Our comments were well received and entered into the official record of the conference. We received congratulations and very positive comments from several of the attending organizations.
In addition to private meetings with representatives of the governmental delegations, we also had numerous meetings with other NGO's in between sessions, including: Watch Tower, a religious organization which has had great success against Greece at the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg; the Turkish Association of Graduate Students of Western Thrace; the Christian Solidarity Worldwide Association, who was particularly interested in speaking with Father Tsarknias; a representative of the European Union; and Dr. Jane Cowan, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex, England, who is a specialist on the Balkans.
The contacts made at this and other similar conferences are kept up to date on the latest development with regards to the Macedonian minorities by the MHRMC.
By attending such conferences and maintaining contact with the governmental and NGO representatives, as well as interested individuals, the MHRMC hopes to further the struggle for attainment of fundamental human and national rights for Macedonians. If anyone would like more information, please contact the Macedonian Human Rights Movement of Canada at our 24 hour message centre (416) 202-8866, fax (416) 412-3385, e-mail at [email protected], or visit our web site at www.mhrmc.on.ca.
