further discussions at: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/11/112703/1.ashx
What were NGOs like Gregory Allen and Paul Gillies of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society encouraged to do at the OSCE conference on Anti-Semitism? Was it a simple conference to hear views on freedom of religion?
http://www.osce.org/item/9735.html local backup file
Strict security measures will be in operation throughout the conference period and pooling, organized from the Media Center, will be necessary in most cases for photo-journalists. (last paragraph here:) http://www.osce.org/item/14124.html local backup file
So this conference was not just a simple affair was it? Strict security measures were implemented for the protection of those attending such a conference! Registration, passport, and proper ID badge were required. Even luggage was not permitted at the Congress Palace. So in-other-words, the Watchtower NGOs Gregory Allen and Paul Gillies were putting their very life on the line to attend and participate in this political event.
Is the OSCE involved with the military? Yes it is, and here are some notes about the OSCE Code of Conduct.
A regime for the democratic control of armed forces exists in
the OSCE area (which stretches from Vancouver to Vladivostok)
through a "Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of
Security" (1994). This instrument, which links civil-military
relations to human rights and international humanitarian law, has no
counterpart in other security organizations. Intruding into an area
of state power hitherto considered a sanctum sanctorum, it
commits the OSCE member states to a regular exchange of
information on the status of the democratic control of their armed
forces, as well as on such issues as the fight against terrorism
and the stationing of troops on foreign soil.
The book represents an urgently needed reference work on both the
contents and the impact of the Code; drawing on as-yet unpublished
materials, it offers a paragraph-by-paragraph commentary on the
Code, as well as an in-depth assessment of implementation trends in
the OSCE region. (
http://hei.unige.ch/publ/books/2005/OSCE.html )
This implicates the Watchtower Society with collaborating through its NGOs Gregory Allen, Marcel Gillet, and Paul Gillies with military influence, because they receive and send reports directly to the OSCE organization as to religious security needs. You may recall that Belgium and the United states are member states with the OSCE. Paul Gillies and Marcel Gillet are listed as NGOs under the Belgium State. Likewise Gregory Allen is listed under the United States as an NGO attending the OSCE conference.
Look at pages 3 and 7 here:
http://osce.usmission.gov/Cordoba/Cordoba_NGOs.pdf
Please consider these OSCE documents for member states:
1. They can promote OSCE goals, objectives and provisions, they
can raise awareness of the OSCE's work and win public support for
it.
2. They can add to the OSCE's fund of ideas and support its normative work.
3. They can monitor the implementation of OSCE commitments, in particular those relating to the Human Dimension.
4. They can undertake co-operative activities in the Human Dimension (election monitoring, legislation advice, etc.) and other fields.
5. They can engage in conflict prevention and crisis management tasks, in particular through "non-official" mediation and communal dialogue. They can assist in the training of OSCE staff and in the provision of information and background material.
6. They can provide scientific expertise in all areas of OSCE work: military aspects of security, political and economic affairs, Human Dimension.
7. Co-operation with NGOs in these areas could contribute additional financial, organizational and personnel capacities to the implementation of OSCE tasks.
(above 1-7 are found scrolling down about 1 inch of your scroll bar here). http://www.gdrc.org/ngo/ngo-enhance.html local backup file
Can you tell me how many times the name "Jesus Christ" was discussed in the above information with pictures? Not even once! So how can the Watchtower Society representatives claim that their political associations with OSCE and other government officials has anything to do with God's purposes?
What is the criteria for attending an OSCE conference? Do you have to register with government entities? Are you required to wear an OSCE identification badge? Why don't we consider some of these requirements!
1. The conference is being held at "The Cordoba Congress Palace!
2. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) will participate in the meeting.
5. Participants are encouraged to submit "written contributions" to the Document Distributions Unit.
8. All participants will be requested to present their passport or photo ID as listed in the registration form whenever they wish to enter the Congress Palace. For the same reason, we kindly ask participants to contact the Conference registration's desk at the Congress Palace prior to the opening ceremony.
Advance registration is highly recommended in order to avoid delays in issuing the conference badges and materials before the Opening Ceremony.
Please note that for security reasons, luggage cannot be stored at the Congress Palace including during the closing day of the Congress. We, therefore, would recommend that luggage be stored at hotels.
http://www.osce.si/docs/2005-06-08-09-cordoba-boj-proti-nestrpnosti-tehnicne-info.pdf
Congress Palace? NGOs will participate? Passport or photo ID? Registration form? Congress Palace badges? No luggage allowed for security reasons?
Do any of those politically related terms even remotely describe "No Part of The World?" or "Avoiding All Political Involvement?" So how is the Watchtower Society taking an active role in support of the OSCE?
Well, how about "advertising" the name OSCE to the entire world and its agendas, as was done in their "Awake" 1997 August 22nd page 31? See below:
The Watchtower Society asked its members in the past just how they viewed hypocrisy.
Perhaps by taking another look at the Watchtower Society and their own "faithful and discrete slave class," Jehovah's Witnesses can see the true meaning of the word "Hypocrisy!"