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{{Infobox treaty
| name                = Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations
| long_name           =General Convention
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| date_signed         =13 February 1946
| location_signed     =New York
| date_sealed         =
| date_effective      = 17 September 1946
| condition_effective = 1 ratification
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| ratifiers           = 162
| depositor           = Secretary-General of the United Nations
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| languages           = French and English
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}}The '''Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations''', passed by the [[United Nations General Assembly]] on 13 February 1946 in New York, and sometimes referred to as the '''New York Convention''', defines and specifies numerous issues relating to the status of the United Nations, its assets, and officials, in terms of the privileges and immunities that must be granted to them by its [[United Nations member states|member states]]. As of February 2016, it has been ratified by 162 of the 193 UN member states.

On 21 November 1947, the '''Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies''' was adopted by GA resolution 179(II) to extend similar privileges to the [[specialized agencies]] of the UN. This convention has been ratified by 127 states.

== Key provisions ==
* 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. Several states, for example the United States of America, have accepted the conventions only with some reservations.

==References==
;Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations
* [http://www.un.org/en/ethics/pdf/convention.pdf Original text]
* [http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=III-1&chapter=3&lang=en Dates of accession, Declarations and Reservations]

;Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies
* [http://untreaty.un.org/unts/1_60000/1/35/00001733.pdf Original Text]
* [http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=III-2&chapter=3&lang=en Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies – Dates of accession, Declarations and Reservations]

==External links==
* [http://legal.un.org/avl/ha/cpiun-cpisa/cpiun-cpisa.html 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 [http://legal.un.org/avl/historicarchives.html Historic Archives of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law]

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