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Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges Act, 2001 (Act No. 37 of 2001)

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Schedule 4

Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies, 1947

Article XI : Final provisions

 

Section 41

 

Accession to this Convention by a Member of the United Nations and (subject to section 42) by any State member of a specialised agency shall be effected by deposit with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of an instrument of accession which shall take effect on the date of its deposit.

 

Section 42

 

Each specialised agency concerned shall communicate the text of this Convention together with the relevant annexes to those of its members which are not Members of the United Nations and shall invite them to accede thereto in respect of that agency by depositing an instrument of accession to this Convention in respect thereof either with the Secretary-General of the United Nations or with the executive head of the specialised agency.

 

Section 43

 

Each State party to this Convention shall indicate in its instrument of accession the specialised agency or agencies in respect of which it undertakes to apply the provisions of this Convention. Each State party to this Convention may by a subsequent written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations undertake to apply the provisions of this Convention to one or more further specialised agencies. This notification shall take effect on the date of its receipt by the Secretary-General.

 

Section 44

 

This Convention shall enter into force for each State party to this Convention in respect of a specialised agency when it has become applicable to that agency in accordance with section 37 and the State party has undertaken to apply the provisions of the Convention to that agency in accordance with section 43.

 

Section 45

 

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all Members of the United Nations, as well as all members of the specialised agencies and executive heads of the specialised agencies, of the deposit of each instrument of accession received under section 41 and of subsequent notifications received under section 43. The executive head of a specialised agency shall inform the Secretary-General of United Nations and the members of the agency concerned of the deposit of any instrument of accession deposited with him under section 42.

 

Section 46

 

It is understood that, when an instrument of accession or a subsequent notification is deposited on behalf of any State, this State will be in a position under its own law to give effect to the terms of this Convention, as modified by the final texts of any annexes relating to the agencies covered by such accessions or notifications.

 

Section 47

 

(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of this section, each State party to this Convention undertakes to apply this Convention in respect of each specialised agency covered by its accession or subsequent notification, until such time as a revised convention or annex shall have become applicable to that agency and the said State shall have accepted the revised convention or annex. In the case of a revised annex, the acceptance of States shall be by a notification addressed to the Secretary- General of the United Nations, which shall take effect on the date of its receipt by the Secretary-General.

 

(2) Each State party to this Convention, however, which is not, or has ceased to be, a member of a specialised agency, may address a written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the executive head of the agency concerned to the effect that it intends to withhold from that agency the benefits of this Convention as from a specified date, which shall not be earlier than three months from the date of receipt of the notification.

 

(3) Each State party to this Convention may withhold the benefit of this Convention from any specialised agency which ceases to be in relationship with the United Nations.

 

(4) The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all members States parties to this Convention of any notification transmitted to him under the provisions of this section.

 

Section 48

 

At the request of one-third of the States parties to this Convention, the Secretary-General of the United Nations will convene a conference with a view to its revision.

 

Section 49

 

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall transmit copies of this Convention to each specialised agency and to the Government of each Member of the United Nations.