2002 Ron Paul 100:1
Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to place into
the record a copy of the Washington Observer
newsletter demonstrating the treatment a citizen
of the United States received at the
hands of agents of the United Nations in New
York City. As you can see the attached newsletter
demonstrates, Mr. Martin Mawyer,
President
of the Christian Action Network was forcibly
removed from the U.N. grounds by three
or four uniformed U.N. officers.
2002 Ron Paul 100:2
Mr. Speaker, as you are aware, Section 7,
subsection (b) of the U.N. host country agreement
(Establishment of Permanent Headquarters
in New York; Agreement Between
United Nations and United States; Joint Res.
Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 482, 61 Stat. 756) states, in
part “the federal, state and local law of the
United States shall apply within the headquarters
district.” Moreover, as Mawyer states
in item #6 on his signed affidavit regarding this
incident: “Without asking me to leave, he ordered
his security officers, ‘Throw him out of
the gates.’ ”
2002 Ron Paul 100:3
Clearly the photographs included in the attached
story evidences the fact that an excessive
use of force is apparent. I also understand
that a video tape of the entire event is
in Mr. Mawyer’s possession.
2002 Ron Paul 100:4
Mr. Speaker, while I am not charging that
the U.N. agents involved have in fact violated
U.S. laws, I do believe the attached items
demonstrate that sufficient evidence exists for
an investigation to be undertaken and I have
asked that the International Relations Committee
or the appropriate subcommittee to undertake
said investigation.
[From the Washington Observer, Sept. 2002]
U.N. ASSAULTS MARTIN MAWYER
Martin Mawyer, President and Founder of
THIS NATION, a Project of Christian Action
Network, was violently tossed down the
steps of U.N. Headquarters in New York City
on Wednesday, Sept. 4, by U.N. Security officers.
He was then placed under arrest after
he attempted to deliver petitions to the
United Nations from thousands of THIS NATION
supporters. Christian Action Network
is a national grassroots pro-family organization
with a membership of 250,000.
2002 Ron Paul 100:6
Badly bruised and cut, with his clothes
torn and dirtied by the violent treatment,
Mawyer was stunned and outraged at the behavior
of the U.N. Security officers.
2002 Ron Paul 100:7
“I can’t even express how horrifying,
humiliating and painful it was to be treated
that way with my staff and my wife and son
looking on in shock,” said Mawyer.
2002 Ron Paul 100:8
Mawyer added that the rough treatment
was even more shocking since the U.N. had
already agreed to accept the petitions when
contacted by THIS NATION the previous
week.
2002 Ron Paul 100:9
“Not only did they agree to accept the petitions
of our supporters,” said Mawyer, “but
they assured us that we would be met on the
steps of the U.N. and may possibly be able to
meet personally with a U.N. official who
would listen to some of our concerns.
2002 Ron Paul 100:10
“Instead,” he continued, “they were waiting
for me on the U.N. steps when I arrived,
fully intent on shattering my dignity and resolve
to deliver the petitions.
2002 Ron Paul 100:11
“Well, the U.N. stopped me from delivering
the petitions,” he went on, “but they have
only deepened my resolve to confront them
on issues of grave concern to citizens across
America.”
2002 Ron Paul 100:12
Mawyer had intended to deliver 30 bags
filled with more than 60,000 petitions to the
U.N. from American citizens. The petitions
addressed a variety of issues of concern to
citizens, including the U.N.’s newly ratified
International Criminal Court, a plan to implement
a U.N. standing army, the Kyoto
global warming treaty, protection of U.S.
military personnel serving in U.N. missions
abroad, and a host of other issues relating to
national sovereignty.
2002 Ron Paul 100:13
After the U.N. Security officers refused to
accept the petitions and tossed him roughly
onto the sidewalk, Mawyer attempted to deliver
the bags of petitions over the U.N. gate.
But U.N. Security officers threw the bags
back over the gate onto the sidewalk, scattering
petitions into the street.
2002 Ron Paul 100:14
As soon as Mawyer arrived, U.N. Security
called the NYPD. When the police arrived,
Mawyer was handcuffed, arrested and taken
to jail.
2002 Ron Paul 100:15
“I sat in jail for several hours not even
knowing what I was there for,” he said.
After he was released from jail, Mawyer
was issued a summons for disorderly conduct.
2002 Ron Paul 100:16
“It’s clear that there was no reason whatsoever
to assault me, arrest me, or charge
me,” said Mawyer of the incident. “In fact,
they never even asked me to leave the
United Nations property. They just ordered
the officers to throw me out.”
2002 Ron Paul 100:17
Mawyer added that the summons doesn’t
even contain the name or badge number of
the arresting NYPD officer.
2002 Ron Paul 100:18
Mawyer’s attorney, David Carroll, was
present during the incident. He said Mawyer
clearly did not violate any laws, and was victimized
when the U.N. refused to allow him
to exercise his First Amendment right to petition
the government, and to exercise his
free speech. Carroll added that Mawyer may
have grounds to file assault charges against
the U.N. Security officers.
2002 Ron Paul 100:19
“What is most outrageous about this incident
is that the U.N. has consistently criticized
the United States, our law enforcement
and criminal justice systems, and has even
asked to inspect our prisons and jails to
make sure we are treating prisoners fairly,”
said Mawyer. “Yet they brutally assaulted
me on the steps of their headquarters, then I
was tossed in jail, my First Amendment
rights were violated — all the while they sit
on U.S. soil, enjoying the blessings of our nation
and the fruits of our industry. They
won’t even accept the valid petitions from
the very citizens whose own tax dollars support
them.”
2002 Ron Paul 100:20
He added, “It’s outrageous, and I intend to
expose the arrogance of the U.N. for the entire
world to see.”
