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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 respecl 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 representatives of 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 all acts done by them in their capacity as representatives, immunity from legal process of every kind;

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.

Article V

Officials

Section 17 — The Secretary-General will specify the categories of officials to which the provisions of this article and article vii shall apply. He shall submit these categories to the General Assembly. Thereafter these categories shall be communicated to the Governments of all members. The names of the officials included in these categories shall from time to time be made known to the governments of members.

Section 18 — Officials of the United Nations shall:

a) Be immune from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in their official capacity;

b) Be exempt from taxation on the salaries and emoluments paid to them by the United Nations;

c) Be immune from national service obligations;

d) Be immune, together with their spouses and relatives dependent on them, from immigration restrictions and alien registration;

e) Be accorded the same privileges in respect of exchange facilities as are accorded to the officials of comparable ranks forming part of diplomatic missions to the Government concerned;

f) Be given, together with their spouses and relatives dependent on them, the same repatriation facilities in time of international crisis as diplomatic envoys;