The following is the response of a letter sent by a sister to the United Nations Reference Desk (see end of email). The Watchtower is apparently lying about their reason for joining the U.N. as an NGO was only to get a "library card."

 

 

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UNITED NATIONS

 

 

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Dear Ms. XX,

The procedure for a library pass is the following: the interested party needs to fill out an

 

application form and supply a letter of recommendation in support of the research.  If the needed

 

material is not available in a UN depository library (the list of depository libraries is posted at:

 

http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/deplib/countries/), the application is approved and sent to UN

 

Security. UN Security checks the application and, if approval is granted, instructs the Pass Office

 

to issue a library pass for the applicant.

The issuance of a library pass is independent of NGO status or any other status. There has been

 

no change in the library pass policy in general; however, please be advised that, as a

 

consequence of the September 11 attacks, no library passes are being issued for the time being

 

while the security situation at the UN is being studied.

                                                                 Best regards,
                                                                 Dana Loytved

Senior Reference Librarian-UN/SA Reference Desk-United Nations Library, New York
E-mail: dhlunsa@un.org