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ANNEX VII World Health Organization Aanhangsel VII: Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie bij het Verdrag nopens de voorrechten en immuniteiten van de gespecialiseerde organisaties

In their application to the World Health Organization (hereinafter called “the Organization”) the standard clauses shall operate subject to the following modifications:

1. Article V and section 25, paragraphs 1 and 2 (I) of article VII shall extend to persons designated to serve on the Executive Board of the Organization, their alternates and advisers, except that any waiver of the immunity of any such persons under section 16 shall be by the Board.

2.

(i) Experts (other than officials coming within the scope of article VI) serving on committees of, or performing missions for, the Organization shall be accorded the following privileges and immunities so far as is necessary for the effective exercise of their functions, including the time spent on journeys in connexion with service on such committees or missions:

(a) Immunity from personal arrest or seizure of their personal baggage;

(b) In respect of words spoken or written or acts done by them in the performance of their official functions, immunity of legal process of every kind, such immunity to continue notwithstanding that the persons concerned are no longer serving on committees of, or employed on missions for, the Organization;

(c) The same facilities in respect of currency and exchange restrictions and in respect of their personal baggage as are accorded to officials of foreign Governments on temporary official missions;

(d) Inviolability for all papers and documents;

(e) The right to use codes and to receive documents and correspondence by courier or in sealed dispatch bags for their communications with the World Health Organization.

(ii) Privileges and immunities are granted to the experts of the Organization in the interests of the Organization and not for the personal benefit of the individuals themselves. The Organization shall have the right and the duty to waive the immunity of any expert in any case where in its opinion the immunity would impede the course of justice, and it can be waived without prejudice to the interests of the Organization.

Regeling
Aanhangsel VII: Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie bij het Verdrag nopens de voorrechten en immuniteiten van de gespecialiseerde organisaties
Soort
Verdrag
Geldend vanaf
02-12-1948
BWB-id
BWBV0005614
Versie
1948-12-02_0

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