1. The Secretary-General will specify the categories of officials to which the provisions of this Article shall apply, and shall submit these categories to the Governing Council for consideration and approval. Thereafter these categories shall be communicated to the governments of all Contracting States. The names of the officials included in these categories shall from time to time be made known to the governments of Contracting States.
2. Officials of the Organization shall:
a)
be immune from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and all acts performed by them in their official capacity;
b)
be exempt from taxation on the salaries and emoluments paid to them by the Organization;
c)
be immune from national service obligations;
d)
be immune, together with their spouses and relatives dependent on them, from immigration restrictions and alien registration;
e)
be accorded the same privileges in respect of exchange facilities as are accorded to the officials of comparable ranks forming part of diplomatic missions to the government concerned;
f)
be given, together with their spouses and relatives dependent on them, the same repatriation facilities in time of international crisis as diplomatic envoys; and
g)
have the right to import free of duty their furniture and effects at the time of first taking up their post in the country in question.
3. In addition to the immunities and privileges specified in
, the Secretary-General and any Deputy Secretary-General shall be accorded in respect of themselves, their spouses and minor children, the privileges and immunities, exemptions and facilities accorded to diplomatic envoys, in accordance with international law.
4. Privileges and immunities are granted to officials in the interests of the Organization and not for the personal benefit of the individuals themselves. The Secretary-General shall have the right and the duty to waive the immunity of any official in any case where, in his or her opinion, the immunity would impede the course of justice and can be waived without prejudice to the interests of the Organization. In the case of the Secretary-General, the Governing Council shall have the right to waive immunity.
5. The Organization shall cooperate at all times with the appropriate authorities of Contracting States to facilitate the proper administration of justice, secure the observance of the laws and regulations on public security and public order, and prevent the occurrence of any abuse in connection with the privileges, immunities and facilities mentioned in this Article.