Article 13 Representatives of States participating in the Assembly and its subsidiary organs and representatives of intergovernmental organizations

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a)

Immunity from personal arrest or detention;

b)

Immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words spoken or written, and all acts performed by them in their official capacity; such immunity shall continue to be accorded notwithstanding that the persons concerned may have ceased to exercise their functions as representatives;

c)

Inviolability of all papers and documents in whatever form;

d)

The right to use codes or cipher, to receive papers and documents or correspondence by courier or in sealed bags and to receive and send electronic communications;

e)

Exemption from immigration restrictions, alien registration requirements and national service obligations in the State Party they are visiting or through which they are passing in the exercise of their functions;

f)

The same privileges in respect of currency and exchange facilities as are accorded to representatives of foreign Governments on temporary official missions;

g)

The same immunities and facilities in respect of their personal baggage as are accorded to diplomatic envoys under the Vienna Convention;

h)

The same protection and repatriation facilities as are accorded to diplomatic agents in time of international crisis under the Vienna Convention;

i)

Such other privileges, immunities and facilities not inconsistent with the foregoing as diplomatic agents enjoy, except that they shall have no right to claim exemption from customs duties on goods imported (otherwise as part of their personal baggage) or from excise duties or sales taxes.

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