Chapter VI. Selected legal opinions of the secretariats of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations
UNITED NATIONS
JURIDICAL YEARBOOK
Extract from:
Chapter VI. Selected legal opinions of the Secretariats of the United Nations and related
intergovernmental organizations
1975
Part Two. Legal activities of the United Nations and related intergovernmental
organizations
Copyright (c) United Nations
CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
17.
Judgement
No. 264 (27
October
1975):
Rabozée
v.
European
Organ-
ization
for the
Safety
of Air
Navigation
Complaint seeking reimbursement
of
medical expenses incurred
in
respect
of the
complainant's spouse
and a
dependant—Case
of
a
household
in
which
one
spouse
benefits
as a
staff
member
of
the
Organization
from
a
sickness insurance scheme which
is
more favourable than that covering
the
other
spouse—Identical
rights
of
male
and
female
staff
members with
respect
to
such
benefits
151
CHAPTER
VI.
SELECTED
LEGAL OPINIONS
OF THE
SECRETARIATS
OF THE
UNITED
NATIONS
AND
RELATED INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
A.
LEGAL OPINIONS
OF THE
SECRETARIAT
OF THE
UNITED
NATIONS
1.
Forms
of
association
of
States with
the
United Nations
apart
from
full
membership—Question
whether States
not
members
of the
United
Nations
may
benefit
under
the
technical co-operation programmes
of
the
United Nations
family
on the
same basis
as
Member States
....
153
2.
Question
of the
responsibility
of the
United Nations
for
activities
conducted
by one of its
organs
in the
territory
of a
State
153
3.
Provisions
of the
Headquarters Agreement between
the
United Nations
and the
United
States
of
America concerning action
by the
Host
State
in
case
of
abuse
of the
privileges
of
residence granted
by the
Agree-
ment—Question
whether
the
Host State
is
required
in
such
a
case
to
consult
the
Organization before taking action
155
4.
Privileges
and
immunities
to
which representatives
of the
Council
for
Mutual Economic Assistance would
be
entitled
in the
United States
as
Host
State
to the
Headquarters
of the
United Nations
in the
light
of
General
Assembly resolution
3209
(XXIX)
157
5.
Judicial jurisdiction
and law
applicable
in the
Headquarters District
under
the
Headquarters Agreement between
the
United Nations
and
the
United States
of
America
157
6.
Comments
on the
juridical status
of the
United Nations Demographic
Centre
in
Bucharest,
in the
light
of the
Agreement between
the
United
Nations
and
Romania regarding
the
establishment
of the
Centre
....
159
7.
Insurance
of
UNEF/UNDOF
vehicles against third party
liability
—Question
whether United Nations immunity
from
legal
process
should
be
invoked
or
waived, where
judicial
proceedings
are
instituted
against
the
United Nations
in
connexion with motor vehicle accidents
160
8.
Advice
on the
procedure
to be
followed
to
collect compensation
for
damage caused
to
UNEF
property
by
members
of
military contingents
161
9.
"Trade
Names",
"Trade
Marks"
and
"Franchises"
*'t
/
i
/10.
Guidelines
for
implementation
of
General Assembly resolutions granting
observer status
on a
regular basis
to
certain regional intergovernmental
organizations,
the
Palestine Liberation Organization
and the
national
liberation
movements
in
Africa
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CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
11.
Ruling
by the
President
of the
twenty-ninth session
of the
General
Assembly regarding
the
position
of the
delegation
of
South Africa
—Question
whether such
a
ruling should
be
considered automatically
applicable
at the
seventh special session
of the
Assembly, scheduled
to
open before
the
official
closure
of the
twenty-ninth regular session
..
167
12.
Question whether
the
Secretary-General
and the
Administrative Com-
mittee
on
Co-ordination could legally take steps
to
give
effect
to
proposals
in
regard
to the
post-adjustment system designed
to
remedy
certain deficiencies
in the
present system
or
whether such proposals
involving substantial increases
in
expenditure should
be
left
for the
General Assembly
168^
13.
Question whether, pending action
by the
Economic
and
Social Council,
the
Economic
Commission
for
Western Asia
may
invite
the
.Palestine
I^iheration
Organization
to
participate
in its
session
as an
observer'
taking into
"account
General
Assembly resolution 3237
(XXIX)
....
170
14.
Question whether admission
to
membership
in the
United Nations
of
a
State within
the
geographical scope
of the
Economic
and
Social Com-
mission
for
Asia
and the
Pacific automatically entitles such
a
State
to
membership
in the
Commission
171
15.
Question
of
associate membership
in the
Economic
and
Social Com-
mission
for
Asia
and the
Pacific
of the two
dependent
territories—the
Gilbert Islands
and
Tuvalu—resulting
from
the
separation
of the
Ellice
Islands from
the
former Gilbert
and
Ellice Islands Colony
172
16.
Fifth United Nations Congress
on the
Prevention
of
Crime
and the
Treatment
of
Offenders—Question
of
issuing invitations
to
States
not
Members
of the
United Nations
and to
individual
participants from
such States
174
17.
Question whether
the
United Nations Special Fund
may
give assistance
to
national liberation movements under
the
provisions
of the
General
Assembly resolutions establishing
the
Fund
and
defining
its
operations
176
18.
Establishment
by the
World
Food
Conference
of an
International
Fund
for
Agricultural
Development—Convening
by the
Secretary-General,
at the
request
of the
Conference,
of a
"Meeting
of
interested coun-
tries"
to
work
out the
details
of the
Fund—Question
whether
the
United
Nations
is
responsible
for the
expenses
of the
Meeting
and its
Ad Hoc
Working
Group
177
19. Use of
Government-financed
personnel
within
the
United Nations
—Associate
experts
and
junior professionals
178
20.
Question whether locally recruited personnel employed
in
connexion
with
a
specific
UNDP
project
are
United Nations
staff
members
....
179
21.
Policy
of the
Organization with respect
to the
acceptance
of the
services
of
Government
officials
or
experts
on a
non-reimbursement
loan
basis—Status
of
officials
or
experts
engaged
on
such basis
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