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on the emoluments they receive by reason of their employment. In other respects, they may enjoy privileges and immunities only to the extent admitted by the host state. However, the host state must exercise its jurisdiction over those persons in such a manner as not to interfere unduly with the performance of the tasks of the delegation.

Article 67

Nationals and permanent residents of the host state

1. Except insofar as additional privileges and immunities may be granted by the host state the head of delegation or any other delegate or member of the diplomatic staff of the delegation who is a national of or permanently resident in that state shall enjoy only immunity from jurisdiction and inviolability in respect of official acts performed in the exercise of his functions.

2. Other members of the staff of the delegation and persons on the private staff who are nationals of or permanently resident in the host state shall enjoy privileges and immunities only to the extent admitted by the host state. However, the host state must exercise its jurisdiction over those members and persons in such a manner as not to interfere unduly with the performance of the tasks of the delegation.

Article 68

Duration of privileges and immunities

1. Every person entitled to privileges and immunities shall enjoy them from the moment he enters the territory of the host state for the purpose of attending the meeting of an organ or conference or, if already in its territory, from the moment when his appointment is notified to the host state by the Organization, by the conference or by the sending state.

2. When the functions of a person enjoying privileges and immunities have come to an end, such privileges and immunities shall normally cease at the moment when he leaves the territory, or on the expiry of a reasonable period in which to do so. However, with respect to acts performed by such a person in the exercise of his functions as a member of the delegation, immunity shall continue to subsist.

3. In the event of the death of a member of the delegation, the members of his family shall continue to enjoy the privileges and immunities to which they are entitled until the expiry of a reasonable period in which to leave the territory.

4. In the event of the death of a member of the delegation not a national of or permanently resident in the host state or of a member of his family accompanying him, the host state shall permit the withdrawal of the movable property of the deceased, with the exception of any property acquired in the territory the export of which was prohibited at the time of his death. Estate, succession and inheritance duties shall not be levied on movable property which is in the host state solely because of the presence there of the deceased as a member of the delegation or of the family of a member of the delegation.

Article 69
End of functions

The functions of the head of delegation or of any other delegate or member of the diplomatic staff of the delegation shall come to an end, inter alia:

(a) on notification of their termination by the sending state to the Organization or the conference;

(b) upon the conclusion of the meeting of the organ or the conference.

Article 70

Protection of premises, property and archives

1. When the meeting of an organ or a conference comes to an end, the host state must respect and protect the premises of the delegation so long as they

are used by it, as well as the property and archives of the delegation. The sending state must take all appropriate measures to terminate this special duty of the host state as soon as possible.

2. The host state, if requested by the sending state, shall grant the latter facilities for removing the property and the archives of the delegation from the territory of the host state.

PART IV

Observer Delegations to Organs and to Conferences

Article 71

Sending of observer delegations

A state may send an observer delegation to an organ or to a conference in accordance with the rules of the Organization.

Article 72

General provision concerning observer delegations

All the provisions of Articles 43 to 70 of the present Convention shall apply to observer delegations.

PART V

General Provisions
Article 78

Nationality of the members of the mission, the delegation or the observer

delegation

1. The head of mission and members of the diplomatic staff of the mission, the head of delegation, other delegates and members of the diplomatic staff of the delegation, the head of the observer delegation, other observer delegates and members of the diplomatic staff of the observer delegation should in principle be of the nationality of the sending state.

2. The head of mission and members of the diplomatic staff of the mission may not be appointed from among persons having the nationality of the host state except with the consent of that state, which may be withdrawn at any time.

3. Where the head of delegation, any other delegate or any member of the diplomatic staff of the delegation or the head of the observer delegation, any other observer delegate or any member of the diplomatic staff of the observer delegation is appointed from among persons having the nationality of the host state, the consent of that state shall be assumed if it has been notified of such appointment of a national of the host state and has made no objection.

Article 74

Laws concerning acquisition of nationality

Members of the mission, the delegation or the observer delegation not being nationals of the host state, and members of their families forming part of their household or, as the case may be, accompanying them, shall not, solely by the operation of the law of the host state, acquire the nationality of that state.

Article 75

Privileges and immunities in case of multiple functions

When members of the permanent diplomatic mission or of a consular post in the host state are included in a mission, a delegation or an observer delegation, they shall retain their privileges and immunities as members of their permanent diplomatic mission or consular post in addition to the privileges and immunities accorded by the present Convention.

Article 76

Cooperation between sending states and host states

Whenever necessary and to the extent compatible with the independent exercise of the functions of the mission, the delegation or the observer delegation, the sending state shall cooperate as fully as possible with the host

state in the conduct of any investigation or prosecution carried out pursuant to the provisions of Articles 23, 28, 29 and 58.

Article 77

Respect for the laws and regulations of the host state

1. Without prejudice to their privileges and immunities, it is the duty of all persons enjoying such privileges and immunities to respect the laws and regulations of the host state. They also have a duty not to interfere in the internal affairs of that state.

2. In case of grave and manifest violation of the criminal law of the host state by a person enjoying immunity from jurisdiction, the sending state shall, unless it waives the immunity of the person concerned, recall him, terminate his functions with the mission, the delegation or the observer delegation or secure his departure, as appropriate. The sending state shall take the same action in case of grave and manifest interference in the internal affairs of the host state. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply in the case of any act that the person concerned performed in carrying out the functions of the mission or the tasks of the delegation or of the observer delegation.

3. The premises of the mission and the premises of the delegation shall not be used in any manner incompatible with the exercise of the functions of the mission or the performance of the tasks of the delegation.

4. Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting the host state from taking such measures as are necessary for its own protection. In that event the host state shall, without prejudice to Articles 84 and 85, consult the sending state in an appropriate manner in order to ensure that such measures do not interfere with the normal functioning of the mission, the delegation or the observer delegation.

5. The measures provided for in paragraph 4 of this article shall be taken with the approval of the Minister for Foreign Affairs or of any other competent minister in conformity with the constitutional rules of the host state.

Article 78

Insurance against third party risks

The members of the mission, of the delegation or of the observer delegation shall comply with all obligations under the laws and regulations of the host state relating to third-party liability insurance for any vehicle, vessel or aircraft used or owned by them.

Article 79

Entry into the territory of the host state

1. The host state shall permit entry into its territory of:

(a) members of the mission and members of their families forming part of their respective households, and

(b) members of the delegation and members of their families accompanying them, and

(c) members of the observer delegation and members of their families accompanying them.

2. Visas, when required, shall be granted as promptly as possible to any person referred to in paragraph 1 of this article.

Article 80
Facilities for departure

The host state shall, if requested, grant facilities to enable persons enjoying privileges and immunities, other than nationals of the host state, and members of the families of such persons irrespective of their nationality, to leave its territory.

Article 81

Transit through the territory of a third state

1. If a head of mission or a member of the diplomatic staff of the mission, a head of delegation, other delegate or member of the diplomatic staff of the delegation, a head of an observer delegation, other observer delegate or

member of the diplomatic staff of the observer delegation passes through or is in the territory of a third state which has granted him a passport visa if such visa was necessary, while proceeding to take up or to resume his functions, or when returning to his own country, the third state shall accord him inviolability and such other immunities as may be required to ensure his transit. 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of this article shall also apply in the case of: (a) members of the family of the head of mission or of a member of the diplomatic staff of the mission forming part of his household and enjoying privileges and immunities, whether travelling with him or travelling separately to join him or to return to their country; (b) members of the family of the head of delegation, of any other delegate or member of the diplomatic staff of the delegation who are accompanying him and enjoy privileges and immunities, whether travelling with him or travelling separately to join him or to return to their country;

(c) members of the family of the head of the observer delegation, of any other observer delegate or member of the diplomatic staff of the observer delegation, who are accompanying him and enjoy privileges and immunities, whether travelling with him or travelling separately to join him or to return to their country.

3. In circumstances similar to those specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article, third states shall not hinder the passage of members of the administrative and technical or service staff, and of members of their families, through their territories.

4. Third states shall accord to official correspondence and other official communications in transit, including messages in code or cipher, the same freedom and protection as the host state is bound to accord under the present Convention. They shall accord to the couriers of the mission, of the delegation or of the observer delegation, who have been granted a passport visa if such visa was necessary, and to the bags of the mission, of the delegation or of the observer delegation in transit the same inviolability and protection as the host state is bound to accord under the present Convention.

5. The obligations of third states under paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this article shall also apply to the persons mentioned respectively in those paragraphs, and to the official communications and bags of the mission, of the delegation or of the observer delegation when they are present in the territory of the third state owing to force majeure.

Article 82 Nonrecognition of states or governments or absence of diplomatic or consular relations

1. The rights and obligations of the host state and of the sending state under the present Convention shall be affected neither by the nonrecognition by one of those states of the other state or of its government nor by the nonexistence or the severance of diplomatic or consular relations between them.

2. The establishment or maintenance of a mission, the sending or attendance of a delegation or of an observer delegation or any act in application of the present Convention shall not by itself imply recognition by the sending state of the host state or its government or by the host state of the sending state or its government.

Article 83
Nondiscrimination

In the application of the provisions of the present Convention no discrimination shall be made as between states.

Article 84
Consultations

If a dispute between two or more states parties arises out of the application or interpretation of the present Convention, consultations between them shall be held upon the request of any of them. At the request of any of the parties to the dispute, the Organization or the conference shall be invited to join in the consultations.

Article 85
Conciliation

1. If the dispute is not disposed of as a result of the consultations referred to in Article 84 within one month from the date of their inception, any state participating in the consultations may bring the dispute before a conciliation commission constituted in accordance with the provisions of this article by giving written notice to the Organization and to the other states participating in the consultations.

2. Each conciliation commission shall be composed of three members: two members who shall be appointed respectively by each of the parties to the dispute, and a chairman appointed in accordance with paragraph 3 of this article. Each state party to the present Convention shall designate in advance a person to serve as a member of such a commission. It shall notify the designation to the Organization, which shall maintain a register of persons so designated. If it does not make the designation in advance, it may do so during the conciliation procedure up to the moment at which the Commission begins to draft the report which it is to prepare in accordance with paragraph 7 of this article.

3. The chairman of the commission shall be chosen by the other two members. If the other two members are unable to agree within one month from the notice referred to in paragraph 1 of this article or if one of the parties to the dispute has not availed itself of its right to designate a member of the commission, the chairman shall be designated at the request of one of the parties to the dispute by the chief administrative officer of the Organization. The appointment shall be made within a period of one month from such request. The chief administrative officer of the Organization shall appoint as the chairman a qualified jurist who is neither an official of the Organization nor a national of any state party to the dispute.

4. Any vacancy shall be filled in the manner prescribed for the initial appointment.

5. The commission shall function as soon as the chairman has been appointed even if its composition is incomplete.

6. The commission shall establish its own rules of procedure and shall reach its decisions and recommendations by a majority vote. It may recommend to the Organization, if the Organization is so authorized in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, to request an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice regarding the application or interpretation of the present Convention.

7. If the commission is unable to obtain an agreement among the parties to the dispute on a settlement of the dispute within two months from the appointment of its chairman, it shall prepare as soon as possible a report of its proceedings and transmit it to the parties to the dispute. The report shall include the commission's conclusions upon the facts and questions of law and the recommendations which it has submitted to the parties to the dispute in order to facilitate a settlement of the dispute. The two months time limit may be extended by decision of the commission. The recommendations in the report of the commission shall not be binding on the parties to the dispute unless all the parties to the dispute have accepted them. Nevertheless, any party to the dispute may declare unilaterally that it will abide by the recommendations in the report so far as it is concerned.

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