Question: When did the country where the headquarters of the organization Jehovah Witnesses think is out to destroy them declare independence from England?

The site of the UN headquarters has extraterritoriality status. This affects some law enforcement where UN rules override the laws of New York City, but it does not give immunity to those who commit crimes there. In addition, the United Nations Headquarters remains under the jurisdiction and laws of the United States, although a few members of the UN staff have diplomatic immunity and so can not be prosecuted by local courts unless the diplomatic immunity is waived by the Secretary - General. In 2005, Secretary - General Kofi Annan waived the immunity of Benon Sevan, Aleksandr Yakovlev, and Vladimir Kuznetsov in relation to the Oil - for - Food Programme, and all were charged in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Benon Sevan later fled the United States to Cyprus, while Aleksandr Yakovlev and Vladimir Kuznetsov decided to stand trial. <SEP> jehovah's witnesses are organized hierarchically, in what the leadership calls a "theocratic organization", reflecting their belief that it is god's "visible organization" on earth. the organization is led by the governing body—an all-male group that varies in size, but since early 2014 has comprised seven members,[note 1] all of whom profess to be of the "anointed" class with a hope of heavenly life—based in the watch tower society's brooklyn headquarters. there is no election for membership; new members are selected by the existing body. until late 2012, the governing body described itself as the representative and "spokesman" for god's "faithful and discreet slave class" (approximately 10,000 self-professed "anointed" jehovah's witnesses). at the 2012 annual meeting of the watch tower society, the "faithful and discreet slave" was defined as referring to the governing body only. the governing body directs several committees that are responsible for administrative functions, including publishing, assembly programs and evangelizing activities. it appoints all branch committee members and traveling overseers, after they have been recommended by local branches, with traveling overseers supervising circuits of congregations within their jurisdictions. traveling overseers appoint local elders and ministerial servants, and while branch offices may appoint regional committees for matters such as kingdom hall construction or disaster relief. <SEP> there are many missionary groups operating in the country, including lutherans, baptists, catholics, grace brethren, and jehovah's witnesses. while these missionaries are predominantly from the united states, france, italy, and spain, many are also from nigeria, the democratic republic of the congo, and other african countries. large numbers of missionaries left the country when fighting broke out between rebel and government forces in 2002–3, but many of them have now returned to continue their work. <SEP> A central teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses is that the current world era, or "system of things", entered the "last days" in 1914 and faces imminent destruction through intervention by God and Jesus Christ, leading to deliverance for those who worship God acceptably. This development will mark the beginning of the "great tribulation". Satan will subsequently attack Jehovah's Witnesses, an action that will prompt God to begin the war of Armageddon, during which all forms of government and all people not counted as Christ's "sheep", or true followers, will be destroyed. They consider all other present-day religions to be false, identifying them with "Babylon the Great", or the "harlot", of Revelation 17, and believe that they will soon be destroyed by the United Nations, which they believe is represented in scripture by the scarlet-colored wild beast of Revelation chapter 17. After Armageddon, God will extend his heavenly kingdom to include earth, which will be transformed into a paradise similar to the Garden of Eden. After Armageddon, most of those who had died before God's intervention will gradually be resurrected during "judgment day" lasting for one thousand years. This judgment will be based on their actions after resurrection rather than past deeds. At the end of the thousand years, Christ will hand all authority back to God. Then a final test will take place when Satan is released to mislead perfect mankind. Those who fail will be destroyed, along with Satan and his demons. The end result will be a fully tested, glorified human race. <SEP> These states would found a new nation -- the United States of America. John Adams was a leader in pushing for independence, which was passed on July 2 with no opposing vote cast. The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule. A committee of five had already drafted the formal declaration, to be ready when Congress voted on independence.