Chapter II. Treaty provisions concerning the legal status of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations

UNITED NATIONS

JURIDICAL YEARBOOK

Extract from:

Chapter II. Treaty provisions concerning the legal status of the United Nations and

related intergovernmental organizations

1979

Part One. Legal status of the United Nations and related intergovernmental

organizations

Copyright (c) United Nations

CONTENTS

Page

FOREWORD

xvii

ABBREVIATIONS

xviii

Part One. Légal status

of the

United Nations

and

related

intergovernmental

organizations

CHAPTER

I.

LEGISLATIVE TEXTS CONCERNING

THE

LEGAL STATUS

OF THE

UNITED NATIONS

AND

RELATED

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

1.

Austria

(a)

Ordinance

of the

Federal Government

of 17

October

1978

on the

granting

of

privileges

and

immunities

to

permanent observer

missions

to

international

organizations

3

(b)

Ordinance

of the

Federal Government

of 5

June 1979

on the

granting

of

privileges

and

immunities

to the

Permanent Observer Mission

of the

Commission

of the

European Communities

4

2.

Cape

Verde

Decree-law 84/79, which became

effective

on

13

October 1979, established

a new

regulation

on the

Motor Vehicle Circulation

Tax

concerning

the

Privileges

and

Immunities

of the

United Nations Organization

and

Specialized Agencies

....

5

3.

Czechoslovakia

Notice

of the

Federal Ministry

of

Foreign Trade

of

12

May

1979 prohibiting

or

limiting

the

exportation

of

certain goods

by

tourists

5

4. El

Salvador

Regulations

for the

granting

of tax

exemptions

to

diplomatic representations

and

representations

of

international organizations

6

5.

United States

of

America

Department

of

State Regulations

on

liability

insurance

7

CHAPTER

II.

TREATY PROVISIONS CONCERNING

THE

LEGAL STATUS

OF THE

UNITED NATIONS

AND

RELATED

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

ORGANIZATIONS

A.

TREATY

PROVISIONS

CONCERNING

THE

LEGAL

STATUS

OF THE

UNITED NATIONS

1.

Convention

on the

Privileges

and

Immunities

of the

United

Nations. Approved

by

the

General Assembly

of the

United Nations

on

13

February

1946

10

2.

Agreements relating

to

meetings

and

installations

10

3.

Agreements relating

to the

United Nations Children's Fund: revised model

agreement concerning

the

activities

of

UNICEF

34

4.

Agreements relating

to the

United Nations Development Programme: standard basic

agreement concerning assistance

by the

United

Nations Development Pro-

gramme

34

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5.

Agreements relating

to the

United Nations Revolving Fund

for

Natural Resources

Exploration

35

6.

Agreement

between

the

United Nations Environment Programme

and

Norway

on

the

Provision

of

Junior Professional Officers. Signed

at

Nairobi

on 29

January

1979

37

B.

TREATY PROVISIONS CONCERNING

THE

LEGAL STATUS

OF

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGAN-

IZATIONS RELATED

TO THE

UNITED NATIONS

1.

Convention

on the

Privileges

and

Immunities

of the

Specialized Agencies.

Approved

by the

General

Assembly

of the

United Nations

on

21

November

1947

38

2.

Food

and

Agriculture Organization

of the

United Nations

39

3.

United Nations Educational, Scientific

and

Cultural

Organization

39

4.

World Health Organization

40

5.

World Meteorological Organization

40

6.

International Atomic Energy Agency

41

Part

Two.

Legal activities

of the

United Nations

and

related

intergovernmental

organizations

CHAPTER

III.

GENERAL REVIEW

OF THE

LEGAL ACTIVITIES

OF THE

UNITED NATIONS

AND

RELATED INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

A.

GENERAL REVIEW

OF THE

LEGAL ACTIVITIES

OF THE

UNITED NATIONS

1.

Disarmament

and

related

matters

45

2.

Other political

and

security questions

54

3.

Economic, social

and

humanitarian questions

58

4.

Third United Nations Conference

on the Law of the Sea 67

5.

International Court

of

Justice

69

6.

International

Law

Commission

70

7.

United Nations Commission

on

International Trade

Law 72

8.

Legal questions dealt with

by the

Sixth Committee

and by ad hoc

legal bodies

73

9.

United Nations Institute

for

Training

and

Research

76

B.

GENERAL REVIEW

OF THE

ACTIVITIES

OF

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

RELATED

TO THE

UNITED NATIONS

1.

International Labour Organisation

77

2.

Food

and

Agriculture Organization

of the

United Nations

78

3.

United Nations Educational, Scientific

and

Cultural Organization

82

4.

International Civil Aviation Organization

89

5.

Universal Postal Union

90

6.

World Health Organization

95

7.

World Bank

97

8.

International Monetary Fund

97

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