Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations

• Establishes Juridical personality of the UN (Art. I)
• UN premises shall be inviolable, and UN property shall be immune from search, requisition, confiscation etc. (Art. II)
• UN shall be exempt from taxes and customs duties as well as prohibitions and restrictions on imports and exports (Art. II)
• Diplomatic immunity of communications and mail (pouch) (Art. III)
• Functional immunity of delegates (Art. IV), officials (Art. V) and experts (Art. VI)
• Recognition of
  United Nations Laissez-Passer
  (Art. VII)

The conventions are in force "with regard to each State which has deposited an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations as from the date of its deposit", i.e. not merely by a state's membership in the UN. Twenty-three states have accepted the conventions only with some reservations.

References

Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations

• Original text on the United Nations website
• Dates of accession, Declarations and Reservations

Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies

• Original Text
• Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies – Dates of accession, Declarations and Reservations

References

External links

• Introductory note by August Reinisch and procedural history note on the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations and the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies in the Historic Archives of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
• Status Page of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations in the UN website