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International Hydrographic Bureau, Ex. Ord. No. 10769,

May 29, 1958, 23 F.R. 3801.

International Joint Commission—United States and

Canada, Ex. Ord. No. 9972, June 25, 1948, 13 F.R. 3573.

International Labor Organization, Ex. Ord. No. 9698,

Feb. 19, 1946, 11 F.R. 1809.

International Maritime Satellite Organization, Ex.

Ord. No. 12238, Sept. 12, 1980, 45 F.R. 60877.

International Monetary Fund, Ex. Ord. No. 9751, July

11, 1946, 11 F.R. 7713.

International Pacific Halibut Commission, Ex. Ord. No.

11059, Oct. 23, 1962, 27 F.R. 10405.

International Secretariat for Volunteer Service, Ex.

Ord. No. 11363, July 20, 1967, 32 F.R. 10779.

International Telecommunication Union, Ex. Ord. No.

9863, May 31, 1947, 12 F.R. 3559.

International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT), Ex. Ord. No. 11718, May 14, 1973, 38

F.R. 12797; Ex. Ord. No. 11966, Jan. 19, 1977, 42 F.R.

4331.

International Union for Conservation of Nature and

Natural Resources, Ex. Ord. No. 12986, Jan. 18, 1996, 61

F.R. 1693.

International Wheat Advisory Committee (International Wheat Council), Ex. Ord. No. 9823, Jan. 24,

1947, 12 F.R. 551.

Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research

and Development Foundation, Ex. Ord. No. 12956,

Mar. 13, 1995, 60 F.R. 14199.

Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization,

Ex. Ord. No. 12997, Apr. 1, 1996, 61 F.R. 14949.

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, Ex. Ord.

No. 12647, Aug. 2, 1988, 53 F.R. 29323.

Multinational Force and Observers, Ex. Ord. No. 12359,

Apr. 22, 1982, 47 F.R. 17791.

North American Development Bank, Ex. Ord. No. 12904,

Mar. 16, 1994, 59 F.R. 13179.

North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, Ex. Ord.

No. 12895, Jan. 26, 1994, 59 F.R. 4239.

North Pacific Marine Science Organization, Ex. Ord.

No. 12894, Jan. 26, 1994, 59 F.R. 4237.

Organization for European Economic Cooperation (now

known as the Organization for Economic Cooperation

and Development), Ex. Ord. No. 10133, June 27, 1950, 15

F.R. 4159.

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons,

Ex. Ord. No. 13049, June 11, 1997, 62 F.R. 32471.

Organization of African Unity (OAU), Ex. Ord. No.

11767, Feb. 19, 1974, 39 F.R. 6603.

Organization of American States (includes Pan American Union), Ex. Ord. No. 10533, June 3, 1954, 19 F.R.

3289.

Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, Ex. Ord. No.

12669, Feb. 20, 1989, 54 F.R. 7753.

Pacific Salmon Commission, Ex. Ord. No. 12567, Oct. 2,

1986, 51 F.R. 35495.

Pan American Health Organization (includes Pan

American Sanitary Bureau), Ex. Ord. No. 10864, Feb.

18, 1960, 25 F.R. 1507.

Preparatory Commission of the International Atomic

Energy Agency, Ex. Ord. No. 10727, Aug. 31, 1957, 22

F.R. 7099.

Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the

Movement of Migrants from Europe (now known as

the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration), Ex. Ord. No. 10335, Mar. 28, 1952, 17 F.R. 2741.

South Pacific Commission, Ex. Ord. No. 10086, Nov. 25,

1949, 14 F.R. 7147.

United International Bureau for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIRPI), Ex. Ord. No. 11484, Sept.

29, 1969, 34 F.R. 15337.

United Nations, Ex. Ord. No. 9698, Feb. 19, 1946, 11 F.R.

1809.

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural

Organization, Ex. Ord. No. 9863, May 31, 1947, 12 F.R.

3559.

United Nations Industrial Development Organization,

Ex. Ord. No. 12628, Mar. 8, 1988, 53 F.R. 7725.

Universal Postal Union, Ex. Ord. No. 10727, Aug. 31,

1957, 22 F.R. 7099.

World Health Organization, Ex. Ord. No. 10025, Dec. 30,

1948, 13 F.R. 9361.

World Intellectual Property Organization, Ex. Ord. No.

11866, June 18, 1975, 40 F.R. 26015.

World Meteorological Organization, Ex. Ord. No. 10676,

Sept. 1, 1956, 21 F.R. 6625.

World Tourism Organization, Ex. Ord. No. 12508, Mar.

22, 1985, 50 F.R. 11837.

World Trade Organization, Ex. Ord. No. 13042, Apr. 9,

1997, 62 F.R. 18017.

PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FORMERLY ENTITLED TO ENJOY CERTAIN PRIVILEGES, EXEMPTIONS,

AND IMMUNITIES

Executive orders designating international organizations as public international organizations entitled to

enjoy the privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the International Organizations Immunities

Act (this subchapter) were revoked as follows:

Caribbean Commission, Ex. Ord. No. 10025, Dec. 30, 1948,

13 F.R. 9361; revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 10983, Dec. 30,

1961, 27 F.R. 32.

Coffee Study Group, Ex. Ord. No. 10943, May 19, 1961, 26

F.R. 4419; revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12033, Jan. 10, 1978,

43 F.R. 1915.

Inter-American Coffee Board, Ex. Ord. No. 9751, July 11,

1946, 11 F.R. 7713; revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 10083, Oct.

10, 1949, 14 F.R. 6161.

Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees, Ex. Ord.

No. 9823, Jan. 24, 1947, 12 F.R. 551; revoked by Ex. Ord.

No. 10083, Oct. 10, 1949, 14 F.R. 6161.

Interim Communications Satellite Committee, Ex. Ord.

No. 11227, June 2, 1965, 30 F.R. 7369; revoked by Ex.

Ord. No. 11718, May 14, 1973, 38 F.R. 12797.

International Refugee Organization, Ex. Ord. No. 9887,

Aug. 22, 1947, 12 F.R. 5723; revoked by Ex. Ord. No.

10832, Aug. 18, 1959, 24 F.R. 6753.

International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium, Ex. Ord. No. 11277, Apr. 30, 1966, 31 F.R. 6609; revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 11718, May 14, 1973, 38 F.R.

12797.

Lake Ontario Claims Tribunal, Ex. Ord. No. 11372, Sept.

18, 1967, 32 F.R. 13251; revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 11439,

Dec. 7, 1968, 33 F.R. 18257.

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, Ex. Ord. No. 10866,

Feb. 20, 1960, 25 F.R. 1584; revoked by Ex. Ord. No.

12033, Jan. 10, 1978, 43 F.R. 1915.

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, Ex. Ord. No. 9698, Feb. 19, 1946, 11 F.R. 1809; revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 10083, Oct. 10, 1949, 14 F.R. 6161.

REVOCATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NOS. 9721 AND 10103

Ex. Ord. No. 9721, May 10, 1946, 11 F.R. 5209, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 10103, Feb. 1, 1950, 15 F.R. 597, which

provided for the transfer of Federal Government personnel to public international organizations, was revoked with certain savings provisions by section 2 of

Ex. Ord. No. 10804, Feb. 12, 1959, 24 F.R. 1147, and subsequently revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 12553, Feb. 25, 1986, 51

F.R. 7237.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in title 8 section 1401; title

18 sections 831, 1116.

§ 288a. Privileges, exemptions, and immunities of

international organizations

International organizations shall enjoy the

status, immunities, exemptions, and privileges

set forth in this section, as follows:

(a) International organizations shall, to the

extent consistent with the instrument creating

them, possess the capacity—

(i) to contract;

(ii) to acquire and dispose of real and personal property;

(iii) to institute legal proceedings.
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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