Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations

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United Nations treaty international treaty multilateral treaty

The Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations is an international treaty that defines the legal status, immunities, and protections granted to the UN, its officials, and its missions to ensure their independent functioning worldwide.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
General Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations	1
UN Privileges and Immunities Convention	1
privileges and immunities of the United Nations	1
treaty on international organization privileges and immunities	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	1946-02-13 ⓘ
adoptionPlace	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
alsoKnownAs	Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations ⓘ surface form: General Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations
appliesTo	United Nations ⓘ experts on mission for the United Nations ⓘ officials of the United Nations ⓘ representatives of Member States to UN organs ⓘ
articleCountApproximate	over 30 articles ⓘ
bindingOn	States that have ratified the Convention ⓘ
category	Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: treaty on international organization privileges and immunities
citation	United Nations Treaty Series 1 UNTS 15 ⓘ
concludedIn	1946 ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceDate	1948-09-17 ⓘ
grants	exemption from customs duties for the United Nations ⓘ exemption from direct taxes for the United Nations ⓘ immunity from legal process for the United Nations ⓘ inviolability of UN archives ⓘ inviolability of UN premises ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasisFor	immunities of UN officials in Member States ⓘ status of the United Nations in Member States ⓘ
provides	facilities for the movement of UN funds and currencies ⓘ functional immunity for acts performed in official capacity by UN officials ⓘ privileges and immunities for UN communications ⓘ
purpose	to define legal protections for the United Nations and its officials ⓘ to ensure the independent functioning of the United Nations ⓘ
relatedTo	Charter of the United Nations ⓘ Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies ⓘ
requires	Member States to accord specified privileges and immunities ⓘ
scope	universal, open to all UN Member States ⓘ
shortName	Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: UN Privileges and Immunities Convention
subjectMatter	immunities of UN missions ⓘ immunities of UN officials ⓘ legal status of the United Nations ⓘ Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: privileges and immunities of the United Nations

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations → alsoKnownAs → Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations

Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations → category → Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: treaty on international organization privileges and immunities

Headquarters Agreement between the United Nations and the United States → relatedTo → Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations ⓘ

Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations → shortName → Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Privileges and Immunities Convention

Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations → subjectMatter → Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: privileges and immunities of the United Nations