Chapter VI. Selected legal opinions of the secretariats of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations
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UNITED NATIONS JURIDICAL YEARBOOK
2006
Part Two. Legal activities of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations
. Selected legal opinions of the Secretariat of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations
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Challenge of the fund’s denial of requests to give eff ect to child support orders issued by a national court—Possibility to deduct support payments from pension payments made to the retired staff member—Tribunal’s jurisdiction ratione personae over non-staff members asserting rights under the Fund’s benefi t plans—Statute
of limitations of the Tribunal overcome by the exceptional circumstances of the case, as non-staff members could not be assumed
to have known recourse procedures of the Fund—Authorization
of child support payments arising outside marital relationship–No requirement that a support order include an express reference to
the Staff Retirement Plan of the Fund in order to authorize such payment from this Plan—Prospective-payment rule recognized
when the order expressly specifi es that past support obligations be
drawn from future pension payments—Question of the existence
of a bona fi de dispute on the validity and meaning of the court orders 436
Chapter VI. Selected Legal Opinions of the secretariats of the
United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations
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Legal opinions of the Secretariat of the United Nations
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Privileges and immunities
(a) Note on the legal status of the United Nations in the United States
of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
(b) Letter to the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
of the State of New York relating to the issue of payment by the
United Nations of fees under the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
(c) Interoffi ce memorandum to the Offi cer-in-Charge, United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat, regarding the privileges and immunities of individuals serving
on constituted bodies established under the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
(d) Note to the Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of
Peacekeeping Operations on the question of searches of personal luggage of members of a United Nations Mission by customs offi cials of the Country of deployment of the Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
(e) Interoffi ce memorandum to the Deputy of the Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security on the search of United Nations
laptop computers by Host Country customs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
(f) Note to the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations regarding the letter from the President of the House of Representatives of [Country] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
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Procedural and institutional issues
(a) Note relating to the powers and role of the Secretary-General as
Chief Administrative Offi cer of the United Nations in the context
of the proposal for the creation of a position of Chief Operating
Offi cer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
(b) Note relating to the powers and role of the Secretary-General . . . 462 (c) Interoffi ce memorandum to the Offi...
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