What Book Was The First To Alert The Public About The Watchtower Society's "Unfaithfulness Toward The UN Organization???

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Which Publication [Book] Was The First To Alert The Public About The Watchtower Society's "Unfaithfulness" Toward The United Nation Organization?
(Presented By Donald C. Burney)

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Source for the Claim: “The REPORT” Book (1994) Exposed The Watchtower Society's Unusual "Shift In Tenor" Toward The United Nations Organization ... First! [See: "The Report" Book Volume I, Pages 205-212]

The statement that “The 1994 publication of ‘The REPORT’ by Donald C. Burney was the first to expose the unusual Watchtower Society's "shift in tenor" toward the UN Organization in Oct 1994 … ” as observed by Donald C, Burney in the September 8th, 1991 Awake! magazine release ... is well-grounded in the historical timeline of events and documented publications:

1. “The REPORT” (1994) — Primary Source

Authored and published by Donald C. Burney, The REPORT was a prophetic exposé that:

Criticized the Watchtower Society’s shifting tone toward the United Nations.

Highlighted the September 8, 1991 Awake! magazine, which praised the UN as a “dispenser of peace and security” — a stark departure from decades of condemnation.

"The Report" Book was the first to warn this shift signaled a compromise of spiritual neutrality and a departure from Jehovah’s standards.

2. UN NGO Affiliation Becomes Public (2001)

In October 2001, the Guardian newspaper (UK) published an article revealing that the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society had been an NGO affiliated with the UN’s Department of Public Information (DPI) since 1991.

This revelation shocked many Jehovah’s Witnesses and ex-members, as it contradicted the organization’s long-standing denunciation of the UN as the "Disgusting Thing" of Matthew 24:15-16, Mark 13:14 and the “Scarlet-Colored Wild Beast” of Revelation 13th and 17th chapters.

3. Timeline Confirms the Claim

"The REPORT" Book was copyrighted & published in October 1994, exactly, to the month [October], precisely seven (7) years before the UN affiliation became widely known, by way of the UK's "Guardian" October 8th, 2001 issue of the Newspaper. -- [See: "The Report" Book Volume I, Pages 205-212]

This makes it the earliest known public documentation warning of the Watchtower’s softening stance and potential compromise — a prophetic insight that was later vindicated by secular evidence.

Conclusion

The source for the claim is the publication itself — The REPORT (1994) — and its documented content. Its early identification of the Watchtower’s shift toward the UN, years before the 2001 exposure, is what makes this conclusion both startling and historically significant.

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September 8th, 1991 Awake! Magazine quote:

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Mr. Guido de Marco, president of the General Assembly of the United Nations, shared this optimism. He proclaimed glowingly: “The dawn of a new system based on friendship and cooperation between the major powers is on the horizon. . . . These developments have revitalized the United Nations Organisation.” He said that “the role of the General Assembly as the focal point of international discussion and deliberation, has been reaffirmed in an impressive manner.” Because of this, he further stated: “The world no longer lives in the shadow of a possible Armageddon sparked by ideological competition.”

Awake! September 8, 1991 page. 3

What were “these developments” that catapulted the United Nations into this long-hoped-for position of prestige and influence? What sparked such optimism that prompted world leaders to speak hopefully of “a new world order and a long era of peace” free from the risk of a nuclear Armageddon?

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Final Assessment

The September 8, 1991 Awake! Magazine used unprecedented pro‑UN language, omitted Kingdom doctrine, and presented the UN as a legitimate bringer of peace.

This unusual "shift in tone" was later recognized as the first public indicator of the Watchtower’s developing relationship with the UN — a relationship formally confirmed when the NGO affiliation became public in 2001.

See: September 8th, 1991 Awake! Magazine -- page 3

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