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b) The United Nations shall be free to transfer its funds, gold or currency from one country

to another or within any country and to convert any currency held by it into any other currency.

Section 6 — Jn exercising its rights under section 5 above, the United Nations shall pay due regard to any

representations made by the Government of any member insofar as it is considered that effect can be given to such representations without detriment to the interests of the United Nations.

Section 7 — The United Nations, its assets, income and other property shall be:

a) Exempt from all direct taxes; it is understood, however, that the United Nations will not claim exemption from taxes which are, in fact, no more than charges for public utility services;

b) Exempt from customs duties and prohibitions and restrictions on imports and exports in respect of articles imported or exported by the United Nations for its official use. It is understood, however, that articles imported under such exemption will not be sold in the country into which they were imported except under conditions agreed with the Government of that country;

c) Exempt from customs duties and prohibitions and restrictions on imports and exports in respect of its publications.

Section 8 — While the United Nations will not, as a general rule, claim exemption from excise duties and from taxes on the sale of movable and immovable property which form part of the price to be paid, nevertheless when the United Nations is making important purchases for official use of property on which such duties and taxes have been charged or are chargeable, members will, whenever possible, make appropriate administrative arrangements for the remission or return of the amount of duty or tax.

Article III

Facilities in respect of communications

Section 9— The United Nations shall enjoy in the territory of each member for its official communications treatment not less favourable than that accorded by the Government of that member to any other Government including its diplomatic mission in the matter of priorities, rates and taxes on mails, cables, telegrams, radiograms, telephotos, telephone and other communications; and press rates for information to the press and radio. No censorship shall be applied to the official correspondence and other official communications of the United Nations.

Section 10 — The United Nations shall have the right to use codes and to despatch and receive its correspondence by courier or in bags, which shall have the same immunities and privileges as diplomatic couriers and bags.

Article IV The TtpYCSMnaVtoes ot members

Section 11 — Representatives of members to the principal and subsidiary organs of the United Nations and to conferences convened by the United Nations shall, while exercising their functions and during the journey

to and from the place of meeting, enjoy the following privileges and immunities:

a) Immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage, and, in respect of words spoken or written and ail acts

done by them in their capacity as representatives, immunity from legal process of every Wind;

b) Inviolability for all papers and documents;

c) The right to use codes and to receive papers or correspondence by courier or in sealed bags;

d) Exemption in respect of themselves and their spouses from immigration restrictions, aliens registration or national service obligations in the state they are visiting or through which they are passing in the exercise of their functions;

e) The same facilities in respect of currency or exchange restrictions as are accorded to representatives of foreign governments on temporary official missions;

f) The same immunities and facilities in respect of their personal baggage as are accorded to diplomatic envoys; and also

g) Such other privileges, immunities and facilities not inconsistent with the foregoing as diplomatic envoys enjoy, except that they shall have no right to claim exemption from customs duties on goods imported (otherwise than as part of their personal baggage) or from excise duties or sales taxes.

Section 12 — In order to secure, for the representatives of members to the principal and subsidiary organs of the United Nations and to conferences convened by the United Nations, complete freedom of speech and independence in the discharge of their duties, the immunity from legal process in respect of words spoken

or written and all acts done by them in discharging their duties shall continue to be accorded, notwithstanding that the persons concerned are no longer the representatives of members.

Section 13 — Where the incidence of any form of taxation depends upon residence,, periods during which the representatives of members to the principal and subsidiary organs of the United Nations and to conferences convened by the United Nations are present in a state for the discharge of their duties shall not be considered as periods of residence.

Section 14 — Privileges and immunities are accorded to the representatives of members not for the personal benefit of the individuals themselves, but in order to safeguard the independent exercise of their functions in connection with the United Nations. Consequently a member not only has the right but is under a duty to waive the immunity of its representative in any case where in the opinion of the member the immunity would impede the course of justice, and it can be waived without prejudice to the purpose for which the immunity is accorded.

Section 15 — The provisions of sections 11, 12 and 13 are not applicable as between a representative and the authorities of the state of which he is a national or of which he is or has been the representative.

Section 16 — In this article the expression «repre-sentatives» shall be deemed to include all delegates, deputy delegates, advisers, technical experts and secretaries of delegations.