§ 288d. — Privileges, exemptions, and immunities of officers, employees, and their families; waiver.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC288d]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER XVIII--PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Sec. 288d. Privileges, exemptions, and immunities of officers,
employees, and their families; waiver
(a) Persons designated by foreign governments to serve as their
representatives in or to international organizations and the officers
and employees of such organizations, and members of the immediate
families of such representatives, officers, and employees residing with
them, other than nationals of the United States, shall, insofar as
concerns laws regulating entry into and departure from the United
States, alien registration and fingerprinting, and the registration of
foreign agents, be entitled to the same privileges, exemptions, and
immunities as are accorded under similar circumstances to officers and
employees, respectively, of foreign governments, and members of their
families.
(b) Representatives of foreign governments in or to international
organizations and officers and employees of such organizations shall be
immune from suit and legal process relating to acts performed by them in
their official capacity and falling within their functions as such
representatives, officers, or employees except insofar as such immunity
may be waived by the foreign government or international organization
concerned.
(Dec. 29, 1945, ch. 652, title I, Sec. 7(a), (b), 59 Stat. 671.)
