International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Signed January 18, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 1693
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Extends certain privileges and immunities to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources under the International Organizations Immunities Act, but specifically excludes immunity from suit and judicial process. It withholds application of provisions that would otherwise give the organization the same immunity from lawsuits as foreign governments, protect its property and archives from search or confiscation, and shield its representatives and staff from legal process for acts performed in their official duties. The order states that this designation does not limit any other privileges, exemptions, or immunities the organization has gained or may gain through international agreements or congressional action.
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By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including sections 1 and 14 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 et seq., as amended by section 426 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, Public Law 103-236), I hereby extend
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Executive Order 12986 of January 18, 1996
International Union for Conservation of Nature
and Natural Resources
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by
the Constitution and the laws of the United States,
including sections 1 and 14 of the International
Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 et seq., as
amended by section 426 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, Public
Law 103-236), I hereby extend to the International
Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
the privileges and immunities that provide or pertain
to immunity from suit. To this effect, the following
sections of the International Organizations Immunities
Act shall not apply to the International Union for
Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources:
--Section 2(b), 22 U.S.C. 288a(b), that provides
international organizations and their property and
assets with the same immunity from suit and judicial
process as is enjoyed by foreign governments.
--Section 2(c), 22 U.S.C. 288a(c), that provides
that the property and assets of international
organizations shall be immune from search and
confiscation and that their archives shall be
inviolable.
--Section 7(b), 22 U.S.C. 288d(b), that provides
the representatives of foreign governments in or to
international organizations and the officers and
employees of such organizations with immunity from suit
and legal process relating to acts performed by them in
their official capacity and falling within their
functions.
This designation is not intended to abridge in any
respect privileges, exemptions, or immunities that the
International Union for Conservation of Nature and
Natural Resources may have acquired or may acquire by
international agreements or by congressional action.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 18, 1996.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed January 18, 1996. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.