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Whereas Article 104 of the Charter of the United Nations provides that the Organization shall enjoy in the territory of each of its Members such legal capacity as may be necessary for the exercise of its functions and the fulfilment of its purposes and

Whereas Article 105 of the Charter of the United Nations provides that the Organization shall enjoy in the territory of each of its Members such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the fulfilment of its purposes and that representatives of the Members of the United Nations and officials of the Organization shall similarly enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the independent exercise of their functions in connection with the Organization.

Consequently the General Assembly by a Resolution adopted on the 13 February 1946, approved the following Convention and proposed it for accession by each Member of the United Nations.

1. The United Nations shall possess juridical personality. It shall have the capacity:
 * (a) To contract;
 * (b) To acquire and dispose of immovable and movable property;
 * (c) To institute legal proceedings.

2. The United Nations, its property and assets wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall enjoy immunity from every form of