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(b) International organizations, their property

and their assets, wherever located, and by

whomsoever held, shall enjoy the same immunity from suit and every form of judicial process

as is enjoyed by foreign governments, except to

the extent that such organizations may expressly waive their immunity for the purpose of

any proceedings or by the terms of any contract.

(c) Property and assets of international organizations, wherever located and by whomsoever

held, shall be immune from search, unless such

immunity be expressly waived, and from confiscation. The archives of international organizations shall be inviolable.

(d) Insofar as concerns customs duties and internal-revenue taxes imposed upon or by reason

of importation, and the procedures in connection therewith; the registration of foreign

agents; and the treatment of official communications, the privileges, exemptions, and immunities to which international organizations shall

be entitled shall be those accorded under similar

circumstances to foreign governments.

(Dec. 29, 1945, ch. 652, title I, §2, 59 Stat. 669.)

§ 288b. Baggage and effects of officers and employees exempted from customs duties and

internal revenue taxes

Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the

Commissioner of Customs with the approval of

the Secretary of the Treasury, the baggage and

effects of alien officers and employees of international organizations, or of aliens designated

by foreign governments to serve as their representatives in or to such organizations, or of

the families, suites, and servants of such officers, employees, or representatives shall be admitted (when imported in connection with the

arrival of the owner) free of customs duties and

free of internal-revenue taxes imposed upon or

by reason of importation.

(Dec. 29, 1945, ch. 652, title I, §3, 59 Stat. 669.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

For transfer of functions of other officers, employees,

and agencies of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury, with

power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 26, §§1, 2, eff.

July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in

the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and

Employees. The Commissioner of Customs, referred to

in text, is an officer of the Treasury Department.

§ 288c. Exemption from property taxes

International organizations shall be exempt

from all property taxes imposed by, or under the

authority of, any Act of Congress, including

such Acts as are applicable solely to the District

of Columbia or the Territories.

(Dec. 29, 1945, ch. 652, title I, §6, 59 Stat. 671.)

§ 288d. Privileges, exemptions, and immunities of

officers, employees, and their families; waiver

(a) Persons designated by foreign governments

to serve as their representatives in or to international organizations and the officers and employees of such organizations, and members of

the immediate families of such representatives,

officers, and employees residing with them,

other than nationals of the United States, shall,

insofar as concerns laws regulating entry into

and departure from the United States, alien registration and fingerprinting, and the registration of foreign agents, be entitled to the same

privileges, exemptions, and immunities as are

accorded under similar circumstances to officers

and employees, respectively, of foreign governments, and members of their families.

(b) Representatives of foreign governments in

or to international organizations and officers

and employees of such organizations shall be immune from suit and legal process relating to

acts performed by them in their official capacity

and falling within their functions as such representatives, officers, or employees except insofar as such immunity may be waived by the foreign government or international organization

concerned.

(Dec. 29, 1945, ch. 652, title I, §7(a), (b), 59 Stat.

671.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Diplomatic and semidiplomatic immunities, generally, see section 1102 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality.

§ 288e. Personnel entitled to benefits

(a) Notification to and acceptance by Secretary

of State of personnel

No person shall be entitled to the benefits of

this subchapter, unless he (1) shall have been

duly notified to and accepted by the Secretary

of State as a representative, officer, or employee; or (2) shall have been designated by the

Secretary of State, prior to formal notification

and acceptance, as a prospective representative,

officer, or employee; or (3) is a member of the

family or suite, or servant, of one of the foregoing accepted or designated representatives, officers, or employees.

(b) Deportation of undesirables

Should the Secretary of State determine that

the continued presence in the United States of

any person entitled to the benefits of this subchapter is not desirable, he shall so inform the

foreign government or international organization concerned, as the case may be, and after

such person shall have had a reasonable length

of time, to be determined by the Secretary of

State, to depart from the United States, he shall

cease to be entitled to such benefits.

(c) Extent of diplomatic status

No person shall, by reason of the provisions of

this subchapter, be considered as receiving diplomatic status or as receiving any of the privileges incident thereto other than such as are

specifically set forth herein.

(Dec. 29, 1945, ch. 652, title I, §8, 59 Stat. 672.)

§ 288f. Applicability of reciprocity laws

The privileges, exemptions, and immunities of

international organizations and of their officers

and employees, and members of their families,

suites, and servants, provided for in this subchapter, shall be granted notwithstanding the

fact that the similar privileges, exemptions, and

immunities granted to a foreign government, its

officers, or employees, may be conditioned upon