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privileges and immunities, subject to corresponding

conditions and obligations, as are enjoyed by diplomatic missions accredited to the United States and by

members of the diplomatic staffs thereof.

RICHARD NIXON.

§ 288i. Liaison Office of the People’s Republic of

China; extension of privileges and immunities to members

Under such terms and conditions as he shall

determine and consonant with the purposes of

this section, the President is authorized to extend to the Liaison Office of the People’s Republic of China in Washington and to the members

thereof the same privileges and immunities subject to corresponding conditions and obligations

as are enjoyed by diplomatic missions accredited to the United States and by members thereof.

(Pub. L. 93–22, Apr. 20, 1973, 87 Stat. 24.)

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of the International

Organizations Immunities Act which comprises this

subchapter.

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 11771

Ex. Ord. No. 11771, Mar. 18, 1974, 39 F.R. 10415, which

extended diplomatic privileges and immunities to the

Liaison Office of the People’s Republic of China in

Washington, D.C., was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12553,

Feb. 25, 1986, 51 F.R. 7237.

§ 288j. International Development Law Institute

For purposes of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 and following), the International Development Law Institute shall be considered to be a public international organization in which the United

States participates under the authority of an

Act of Congress authorizing such participation.

(Pub. L. 102–511, title VIII, §805, Oct. 24, 1992, 106

Stat. 3353.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The International Organizations Immunities Act, referred to in text, is title I of act Dec. 29, 1945, ch. 652,

59 Stat. 669, as amended, which is classified principally

to this subchapter. For complete classification of this

Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 288 of this title and Tables.

CODIFICATION

Section was enacted as part of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992, also known as the FREEDOM

Support Act, and not as part of the International Organizations Immunities Act which comprises this subchapter.

§ 288k. Extension of certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices

(a) Application of International Organizations

Immunities Act

The provisions of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 et seq.) may

be extended to the Hong Kong Economic and

Trade Offices in the same manner, to the same

extent, and subject to the same conditions as

such provisions may be extended to a public

international organization in which the United

States participates pursuant to any treaty or

under the authority of any Act of Congress authorizing such participation or making an appropriation for such participation.

(b) Application of international agreement on

certain State and local taxation

The President is authorized to apply the provisions of Article I of the Agreement on State and

Local Taxation of Foreign Employees of Public

International Organizations, done at Washington on April 21, 1994, to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices.

(c) ‘‘Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices’’ defined

The term ‘‘Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices’’ refers to Hong Kong’s official economic

and trade missions in the United States.

(Pub. L. 105–22, §1, June 27, 1997, 111 Stat. 236.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The International Organizations Immunities Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is title I of act Dec. 29, 1945, ch.

652, 59 Stat. 669, as amended, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification

of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out

under section 288 of this title and Tables.

CODIFICATION

Section was not enacted as part of the International

Organizations Immunities Act which comprises this

subchapter.

SUBCHAPTER XIX—INTERNATIONAL

REFUGEE ORGANIZATION

§ 289. Acceptance of membership by the United

States; conditions

The President is hereby authorized to accept

membership for the United States in the International Refugee Organization (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Organization’’), the constitution of which was approved in New York on December 15, 1946, by the General Assembly of the

United Nations, and deposited in the archives of

the United Nations: Provided, however, That this

authority is granted and the approval of the

Congress of the acceptance of membership of the

United States in the International Refugee Organization is given upon condition and with the

reservation that no agreement shall be concluded on behalf of the United States and no action shall be taken by any officer, agency, or

any other person and acceptance of the constitution of the Organization by or on behalf of the

Government of the United States shall not constitute or authorize action (1) whereby any person shall be admitted to or settled or resettled

in the United States or any of its Territories or

possessions without prior approval thereof by

the Congress, and this subchapter shall not be

construed as such prior approval, or (2) which

will have the effect of abrogating, suspending,

modifying, adding to, or superseding any of the

immigration laws or any other laws of the

United States.

(July 1, 1947, ch. 185, §1, 61 Stat. 214.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The immigration laws, referred to in text, are classified generally to Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. See

also section 1101(a)(17) of Title 8.