In their application to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter called ‘the Organization’) the standard clauses shall operate subject to the following provisions:
| (1) |
Article V and section 25, paragraphs 1 and 2 (1) of Article VII shall extend to the Chairman of the Council of the Organization and to the representatives of Associate Members, except that any waiver of the immunity of the Chairman under section 16 shall be by the Council of the Organization. |
| (i) |
Experts (other than officials coming within the scope of Article VI) serving on committees of, or performing missions for, the Organization shall be accorded the following privileges and immunities so far as is necessary for the effective exercise of their functions, including the time spent on journeys in connection with service on such committees or missions: |
| (a) |
Immunity from personal arrest or seizure of their personal baggage; |
| (b) |
In respect of words spoken or written or acts done by them in performance of their official functions, immunity of legal process of every kind such immunity to continue notwithstanding that the persons concerned are no longer serving on committees of, or employed on missions for, the Organization; |
| (c) |
The same facilities in respect of currency and exchange restrictions and in respect of their personal baggage as are accorded to officials of foreign governments on temporary official missions; |
| (d) |
Inviolability of their papers and documents relating to the work on which they are engaged for the Organization and, for the purpose of their communications with the Organization, the right to use codes and to receive papers or correspondence by courier or in sealed bags. |
| (ii) |
In connection with (d) of 2(i) above, the principle contained in the last sentence of section 12 of the standard clauses shall be applicable. |
| (iii) |
Privileges and immunities are granted to the experts in the interest of the Organization and not for the personal benefit of the individuals themselves. The Organization shall have the right and the duty to waive the immunity of any experts in any case where in its opinion the immunity would impede the course of justice, and it can be waived without prejudice to the interest of the Organization. |
Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996
