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1 UNTS 15
Concluded: 13 February 1946
In force: 17 September 1946
ARTICLE I JURIDICTIONAL PERSONALITY 305
ARTICLE II PROPERTY, FUNDS AND ASSETS 306
ARTICLE III FACILITIES IN RESPECT OF COMMUNICATIONS 307
ARTICLE IV THE REPRESENTATIVES OF MEMBERS 307
ARTICLE V OFFICIALS 308
ARTICLE VI EXPERTS ON MISSIONS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS 309
ARTICLE VII UNITED NATIONS LAISSEZ-PASSER 310
ARTICLE VIII SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES 311
FINAL ARTICLE 311
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 fulfillment of its purposes and
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 fulfillment 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;
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.
ARTICLE I JURIDICTIONAL PERSONALITY
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.
ARTICLE II PROPERTY, FUNDS AND ASSETS
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 insofar 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.
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