S.I. No. 203/1982:

INTERCOUNTRY PROJECT FOR STATISTICAL COMPUTING (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ORDER, 1982.

INTERCOUNTRY PROJECT FOR STATISTICAL COMPUTING (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ORDER, 1982.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section 42A of the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act, 1967 (No. 8 of 1967), inserted by section 1 of the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Act, 1976 (No. 2 of 1976), that the Government may by order make provision to enable international organisations, communities or bodies, their institutions or organs and their property, and persons to have and enjoy in the State any inviolability, exemptions, facilities, immunities, privileges or rights provided for in relation to them by an international agreement to which the State is or intends to become a party:

AND WHEREAS the agreement relating to the Intercountry Project for the use of computers for statistical purposes and the design and development of automated statistical information systems and made between the Government and the United Nations Development Programme and signed on behalf of the Government and the United Nations Development Programme on the 23rd day of June, 1982 is such an agreement:

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by the said section 42A hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Intercountry Project for Statistical Computing (Privileges and Immunities) Order, 1982.

2. Paragraphs A and B of Annex I to the Agreement between the Government and the United Nations Development Programme signed on behalf of the Government and the United Nations Development Programme on the 23rd day of June, 1982 (a copy of which is set out in the Schedule hereto), shall apply for the purposes of section 42A of the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act, 1967 (No. 8 of 1967), inserted by section 1 of the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment) Act, 1976 (No. 2 of 1976).

SCHEDULE.

Agreement between the Government and the United Nations Development Programme Paragraphs A and B of Annex I.

A. Facilities, Privileges and Immunities.

1. The UNDP, the ECE, and their personnel who participate in the execution of the Project, shall be accorded the facilities, privileges and immunities specified or envisaged in the Agreement between the Governments and the UNDP (or its predecessor programmes). No provision in this Annex I shall be construed to limit or restrict the generality of any provision in the Agreements.

2. Each Government shall accord to representatives of the other Governments, attending meetings of the Steering Committee and its subordinate bodies, the privileges and immunities provided in Article IV of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations.

3. Each Government shall accord to officials of the UNDP, the ECE and others attending the meetings of the Steering Committee and its subordinate bodies, the privileges and immunities provided in Article V of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations.

4. The UNDP shall provide the Governments with names of personnel and their dependants to whom the privileges and immunities referred to above shall apply.

B. Government Personnel.

5. Personnel of the Governments working on the Project and whose salaries are paid by their respective Governments shall remain the responsibility of their respective Government. The Governments shall indemnify and hold harmless the UNDP and the ECE from any claims or actions by said Government personnel against the UNDP or the ECE arising out of the participation of said Government personnel in the Project. Under the same conditions, the UNDP and ECE shall be responsible for dealing with and settling the claims of personnel of the UNDP and ECE arising out of their participation in the Project.

6. Each Government shall extend to the personnel of the other Governments performing services for the Project in its territory, the same privileges and immunities accorded to officials of the United Nations under Article V of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government on the 25th day of June, 1982.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to provide, pursuant to Section 42A of the Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act (No. 8 of 1967), for the privileges and immunities set out in Annex I to the agreement relating to the Intercountry Project signed on 23 June 1982 on behalf of the Government and the United Nations Development Programme.