§288a Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities of International Organizations

Summary

Gives international organizations the power, as allowed by their founding rules, to make contracts, buy and sell property, and bring legal actions. It also says the organizations, and their property or money anywhere in the world, have the same protection from lawsuits and court orders that foreign governments have, unless they clearly give up that protection for a specific case or contract. Their property and money are protected from search and seizure unless they agree otherwise, and their archives are off-limits. For import taxes and customs, rules about registering foreign agents, and handling official communications, they get the same treatment that foreign governments receive.