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Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 2
2 The names of members of a diplomatic mission assigned to the consular section or otherwise charged with the exercise of the consular functions of the mission shall be notified to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the receiving State or to the authority designated by that Ministry.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 3
3 In the exercise of consular functions a diplomatic mission may address: (a) the local authorities of the consular district; (b) the central authorities of the receiving State if this is allowed by the laws, regulations and usages of the receiving State or by relevant international agreements.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (a)
(a) the local authorities of the consular district;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (b)
(b) the central authorities of the receiving State if this is allowed by the laws, regulations and usages of the receiving State or by relevant international agreements.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 4
4 The privileges and immunities of the members of a diplomatic mission referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall continue to be governed by the rules of international law concerning diplomatic relations.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 1
1 Except in so far as additional facilities, privileges and immunities may be granted by the receiving State, consular officers who are nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State shall enjoy only immunity from jurisdiction and personal inviolability in respect of official acts performed in the exercise of their functions, and the privilege provided in paragraph 3 of Article 44. So far as these consular officers are concerned, the receiving State shall likewise be bound by the obligation laid down in Article 42. If criminal proceedings are instituted against such a consular officer, the proceedings shall, except when he is under arrest or detention, be conducted in a manner which will hamper the exercise of consular functions as little as possible.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 2
2 Other members of the consular post who are nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State and members of their families, as well as members of the families of consular officers referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, shall enjoy facilities, privileges and immunities only in so far as these are granted to them by the receiving State. Those members of the families of members of the consular post and those members of the private staff who are themselves nationals of or permanently resident in the receiving State shall likewise enjoy facilities, privileges and immunities only in so far as these are granted to them by the receiving State. The receiving State shall, however, exercise its jurisdiction over those persons in such a way as not to hinder unduly the performance of the functions of the consular post.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 1
1 In the application of the provisions of the present Convention the receiving State shall not discriminate as between States.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 2
2 However, discriminations shall not be regarded as taking place: (a) where the receiving State applies any of the provisions of the present Convention restrictively because of a restrictive application of that provision to its consular posts in the sending State; (b) where by custom or agreement States extend to each other more favourable treatment than is required by the provisions of the present Convention.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (a)
(a) where the receiving State applies any of the provisions of the present Convention restrictively because of a restrictive application of that provision to its consular posts in the sending State;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 1
1 The provisions of the present Convention shall not affect other international agreements in force as between States parties to them.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 2
2 Nothing in the present Convention shall preclude States from concluding international agreements confirming or supplementing or extending or amplifying the provisions thereof.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4
The present Convention shall be open for signature by all States Members of the United Nations or of any of the specialized agencies or Parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, and by any other State invited by the General Assembly of the United Nations to become a Party to the Convention, as follows until 31 October 1963 at the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria and subsequently, until 31 March 1964, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4
The present Convention shall remain open for accession by any State belonging to any of the four categories mentioned in Article 74. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (a)
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all States belonging to any of the four categories mentioned in Article 74: (a) of signatures to the present Convention and of the deposit of instruments of ratification or accession, in accordance with Articles 74, 75 and 76; (b) of the date on which the present Convention will enter into force, in accordance with Article 77.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (a)
(a) of signatures to the present Convention and of the deposit of instruments of ratification or accession, in accordance with Articles 74, 75 and 76;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (b)
(b) of the date on which the present Convention will enter into force, in accordance with Article 77.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4
The original of the present Convention, of which the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall send certified copies thereof to all States belonging to any of the four categories mentioned in Article 74.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4
DONE at Vienna, this twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-three.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4
Whereas Article 104 of the Charter of the United Nations provides that the Organization shall enjoy in the territory of each of its Members such legal capacity as may be necessary for the exercise of its functions and the fulfilment of its purposes and
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4
Whereas Article 105 of the Charter of the United Nations provides that the Organization shall enjoy in the territory of each of its Members such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the fulfilment of its purposes and that representatives of the Members of the United Nations and officials of the Organization shall similarly enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the independent exercise of their functions in connection with the Organization.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4
Consequently the General Assembly by a Resolution adopted on the 13 February 1946, approved the following Convention and proposed it for accession by each Member of the United Nations.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 1
Section 1 The United Nations shall possess juridical personality. It shall have the capacity: (a) to contract; (b) to acquire and dispose of immovable and movable property; (c) to institute legal proceedings.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (b)
(b) to acquire and dispose of immovable and movable property;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 2
Section 2 The United Nations, its property and assets wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall enjoy immunity from every form of legal process except in so far as in any particular case it has expressly waived its immunity. It is, however, understood that no waiver of immunity shall extend to any measure of execution.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 3
Section 3 The premises of the United Nations shall be inviolable. The property and assets of the United Nations, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from search, requisition, confiscation, expropriation and any other form of interference, whether by executive, administrative, judicial or legislative action.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 4
Section 4 The archives of the United Nations, and in general all documents belonging to it or held by it, shall be inviolable wherever located.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 5
Section 5 Without being restricted by financial controls, regulations or moratoria of any kind, (a) the United Nations may hold funds, gold or currency of any kind and operate accounts in any currency; (b) The United Nations shall be free to transfer its funds, gold or currency from one country to another or within any country and to convert any currency held by it into any other currency.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (a)
(a) the United Nations may hold funds, gold or currency of any kind and operate accounts in any currency;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (b)
(b) The United Nations shall be free to transfer its funds, gold or currency from one country to another or within any country and to convert any currency held by it into any other currency.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 6
Section 6 In exercising its rights under Section 5 above, the United Nations shall pay due regard to any representations made by the Government of any Member in so far as it is considered that effect can be given to such representations without detriment to the interests of the United Nations.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 7
Section 7 The United Nations, its assets, income and other property shall be: (a) exempt from all direct taxes; it is understood, however, that the United Nations will not claim exemption from taxes which are, in fact, no more than charges for public utility services; (b) exempt from customs duties and prohibitions and restrictions on imports and exports in respect of articles imported or exported by the United Nations for its official use. It is understood, however, that articles imported under such exemption will not be sold in the country into which they were imported except under conditions agreed with the Government of that country; (c) exempt from customs duties and prohibitions and restrictions on imports and exports in respect of its publications.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (a)
(a) exempt from all direct taxes; it is understood, however, that the United Nations will not claim exemption from taxes which are, in fact, no more than charges for public utility services;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (b)
(b) exempt from customs duties and prohibitions and restrictions on imports and exports in respect of articles imported or exported by the United Nations for its official use. It is understood, however, that articles imported under such exemption will not be sold in the country into which they were imported except under conditions agreed with the Government of that country;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (c)
(c) exempt from customs duties and prohibitions and restrictions on imports and exports in respect of its publications.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 8
Section 8 While the United Nations will not, as a general rule, claim exemption from excise duties and from taxes on the sale of movable and immovable property which form part of the price to be paid, nevertheless when the United Nations is making important purchases for official use of property on which such duties and taxes have been charged or are chargeable, Members will, whenever possible, make appropriate administrative arrangements for the remission or return of the amount of duty or tax.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 9
Section 9 The United Nations shall enjoy in the territory of each Member for its official communications treatment not less favourable than that accorded by the Government of that Member to any other Government including its diplomatic mission in the matter of priorities, rates and taxes on mails, cables, telegrams, radiograms, telephotos, telephone and other communications; and press rates for information to the press and radio. No censorship shall be applied to the official correspondence and other official communications of the United Nations.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 10
Section 10 The United Nations shall have the right to use codes and to despatch and receive its correspondence by courier or in bags, which shall have the same immunities and privileges as diplomatic couriers and bags.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 11
Section 11 Representatives of Members to the principal and subsidiary organs of the United Nations and to conferences convened by the United Nations, shall, while exercising their functions and during their journey to and from the place of meeting, enjoy the following privileges and immunities: (a) immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage, and, in respect of words spoken or written and all acts done by them in their capacity as representatives, immunity from legal process of every kind; (b) inviolability for all papers and documents; (c) the right to use codes and to receive papers or correspondence by courier or in sealed bags; (d) exemption in respect of themselves and their spouses from immigration restrictions, aliens registration or national service obligations in the state they are visiting or through which they are passing in the exercise of their functions; (e) the same facilities in respect of currency or exchange restrictions as are accorded to representatives of foreign governments on temporary official missions; (f) the same immunities and facilities in respect of their personal baggage as are accorded to diplomatic envoys; and also, (g) such other privileges, immunities and facilities not inconsistent with the foregoing as diplomatic envoys enjoy, except that they shall have no right to claim exemption from customs duties on goods imported (otherwise than as part of their personal baggage) or from excise duties or sales taxes.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (a)
(a) immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage, and, in respect of words spoken or written and all acts done by them in their capacity as representatives, immunity from legal process of every kind;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (b)
(b) inviolability for all papers and documents;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (c)
(c) the right to use codes and to receive papers or correspondence by courier or in sealed bags;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (d)
(d) exemption in respect of themselves and their spouses from immigration restrictions, aliens registration or national service obligations in the state they are visiting or through which they are passing in the exercise of their functions;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (e)
(e) the same facilities in respect of currency or exchange restrictions as are accorded to representatives of foreign governments on temporary official missions;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (f)
(f) the same immunities and facilities in respect of their personal baggage as are accorded to diplomatic envoys; and also,
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (g)
(g) such other privileges, immunities and facilities not inconsistent with the foregoing as diplomatic envoys enjoy, except that they shall have no right to claim exemption from customs duties on goods imported (otherwise than as part of their personal baggage) or from excise duties or sales taxes.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 12
Section 12 In order to secure, for the representatives of Members to the principal and subsidiary organs of the United Nations and to conferences convened by the United Nations, complete freedom of speech and independence in the discharge of their duties, the immunity from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and all acts done by them in discharging their duties shall continue to be accorded, notwithstanding that the persons concerned are no longer the representatives of Members.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 13
Section 13 Where the incidence of any form of taxation depends upon residence, periods during which the representatives of Members to the principal and subsidiary organs of the United Nations and to conferences convened by the United Nations are present in a state for the discharge of their duties shall not be considered as periods of residence.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 14
Section 14 Privileges and immunities are accorded to the representatives of Members not for the personal benefit of the individuals themselves, but in order to safeguard the independent exercise of their functions in connection with the United Nations. Consequently a Member not only has the right but is under a duty to waive the immunity of its representative in any case where in the opinion of the Member the immunity would impede the course of justice, and it can be waived without prejudice to the purpose for which the immunity is accorded.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 15
Section 15 The provisions of Sections 11, 12 and 13 are not applicable as between a representative and the authorities of the state of which he is a national or of which he is or has been the representative.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 16
Section 16 In this article the expression “representatives” shall be deemed to include all delegates, deputy delegates, advisers, technical experts and secretaries of delegations.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 17
Section 17 The Secretary-General will specify the categories of officials to which the provisions of this Article and Article VII shall apply. He shall submit these categories to the General Assembly. Thereafter these categories shall be communicated to the Governments of all Members. The names of the officials included in these categories shall from time to time be made known to the Governments of Members.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 18
Section 18 Officials of the United Nations shall: (a) be immune from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in their official capacity; (b) be exempt from taxation on the salaries and emoluments paid to them by the United Nations; (c) be immune from national service obligations; (d) be immune, together with their spouses and relatives dependent on them, from immigration restrictions and alien registration; (e) be accorded the same privileges in respect of exchange facilities as are accorded to the officials of comparable ranks forming part of diplomatic missions to the Government concerned; (f) be given, together with their spouses and relatives dependent on them, the same repatriation facilities in time of international crisis as diplomatic envoys; (g) have the right to import free of duty their furniture and effects at the time of first taking up their post in the country in question.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (a)
(a) be immune from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in their official capacity;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (b)
(b) be exempt from taxation on the salaries and emoluments paid to them by the United Nations;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (c)
(c) be immune from national service obligations;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (d)
(d) be immune, together with their spouses and relatives dependent on them, from immigration restrictions and alien registration;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (e)
(e) be accorded the same privileges in respect of exchange facilities as are accorded to the officials of comparable ranks forming part of diplomatic missions to the Government concerned;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (f)
(f) be given, together with their spouses and relatives dependent on them, the same repatriation facilities in time of international crisis as diplomatic envoys;
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 (g)
(g) have the right to import free of duty their furniture and effects at the time of first taking up their post in the country in question.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 19
Section 19 In addition to the immunities and privileges specified in Section 18, the Secretary-General and all Assistant Secretaries-General shall be accorded in respect of themselves, their spouses and minor children, the privileges and immunities, exemptions and facilities accorded to diplomatic envoys, in accordance with international law.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 20
Section 20 Privileges and immunities are granted to officials in the interests of the United Nations and not for the personal benefit of the individuals themselves. The Secretary-General shall have the right and the duty to waive the immunity of any official in any case where, in his opinion, the immunity would impede the course of justice and can be waived without prejudice to the interests of the United Nations. In the case of the Secretary-General, the Security Council shall have the right to waive immunity.
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act — F-29.4 Section 21
Section 21 The United Nations shall co-operate at all times with the appropriate authorities of Members to facilitate the proper administration of justice, secure the observance of police regulations and prevent the occurrence of any abuse in connection with the privileges, immunities and facilities mentioned in this Article.