§4309 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary can treat an international organization the same as a foreign mission for any rule in this chapter when doing so is needed to carry out the chapter’s policies and goals. An "international organization" is a public international body recognized under the International Organizations Immunities Act or created by treaty, and any official mission to that organization that is not a United States mission.

Title 22, §4309

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(a)The Secretary may make section 4306 of this title, or any other provision of this chapter, applicable with respect to an international organization to the same extent that it is applicable with respect to a foreign mission if the Secretary determines that such application is necessary to carry out the policy set forth in section 4301(b) of this title and to further the objectives set forth in section 4304(b) of this title.

(b)For purposes of this section, “international organization” means—

(1)a public international organization designated as such pursuant to the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288—288f–2) or a public international organization created pursuant to a treaty or other international agreement as an instrument through or by which two or more foreign governments engage in some aspect of their conduct of international affairs; and

(2)an official mission (other than a United States mission) to such a public international organization,

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The International Organizations Immunities Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is act Dec. 29, 1945, ch. 652, title I, 59 Stat. 669, which is classified principally to subchapter XVIII (§ 288 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of that Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 288 of this title and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 204 of Pub. L. 97–241, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.

§4309 Application to public international organizations and official missions to such organizations