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 59 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-TRANSPORT ORGANIZATION-SEPT. 27,1945 13. Every member Government shall recognise the international personality and legal capacity which the Organisation possesses. 14. Every member Government shall respect the exclusively inter- national character of the members of the Executive Board, the Chief Officer and the staff of the Organisation. 15. Every member Government shall accord to the Organisation the privileges, immunities and facilities which they grant to each other, including in particular - (a) immunity from every form of legal process; (b) exemption from taxation and customs duties; and (c) inviolability of premises occupied by, and of the archives and communications of the Organisation. 16. Every member Government shall accord diplomatic privileges Diplomatic previ. .r leges and immunities. and immunities to persons appointed by other members as their representatives in or to the Organisation, to the members of the Executive Board, and to the higher officials of the Organisation not being their own nationals. 17. Every member Government shall accord to all officials and employees of the Organisation - (a) immunity from suit and legal process relating to acts per- formed by them in their official capacity; (b) all such facilities for their movement, and for the execution of their functions, as are deemed necessary by the Organi- sation for the speedy and effective fulfilment of their official duties; and (c) except in the case of their own nationals, exemption from taxa- tion of their official salaries and emoluments. 18. Every member Government shall in territory under its authority take all steps in its power to facilitate the exercise by the Organisa- tion of any of the powers referred to in Article IV. A nt , p. 1742. ARICLE IX. The Organisation shall be related to any general international or- ganisation to which may be entrusted the co-ordination of the activities of international organisations with specialised responsibilities. ATICLE X. 1. The functions of the Organisation shall relate to all forms of transport by road, rail or waterway, within the territories of the Continent of Europe in which the Organisation operates, but not to sea-going shipping, except that the provisions of paragraph 10 of Ante' P. 174. Article VII and paragraph 5 of Article VIII shall apply in respect Ante, p. 1748 of such shipping when employed in Continental Europe on inland waterways. 2. In regard to the handling of traffic in ports where sea-going vessels are discharged or loaded, the Organisation shall co-operate with the appropriate authorities of the member Government con- cerned and any shipping organisation set up by them to ensure - 1749

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