Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Signed June 11, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 32471
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Designates the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons as a public international organization under the International Organizations Immunities Act, making it eligible for the privileges, exemptions, and immunities that law confers. The designation applies to the organization in its role administering the Chemical Weapons Convention. The order states that this designation does not limit any privileges, exemptions, or immunities the organization has already gained or may gain through international agreements, including the Chemical Weapons Convention, or through action by Congress.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288), and having found that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is a public international organization in which the United States participates within the meaning of the International Organization Immunities Act, I hereby
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The order, in full
Executive Order 13049 of June 11, 1997
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical
Weapons
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 1 of the International
Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288), and
having found that the Organization for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons is a public international
organization in which the United States participates
within the meaning of the International Organization
Immunities Act, I hereby designate the Organization for
the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons as a public
international organization entitled to enjoy the
privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the
International Organizations Immunities Act. This
designation is not intended to abridge in any respect
privileges, exemptions, or immunities that such
organization may have acquired or may acquire by
international agreements, including the Chemical
Weapons Convention, or by congressional action.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 11, 1997.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed June 11, 1997. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.