Executive Order 12986 of January 18, 1996
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States, including sections 1 and 14 of the
International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 et seq., as
amended by section 426 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act,
Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, Public Law 103-236), I hereby extend to the
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources the
privileges and immunities that provide or pertain to immunity from suit.
To this effect, the following sections of the International
Organizations Immunities Act shall not apply to the International Union
for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources:
--Section 2(b), 22 U.S.C. 288a(b), that provides international
organizations and their property and assets with the same immunity from
suit and judicial process as is enjoyed by foreign governments.
--Section 2(c), 22 U.S.C. 288a(c), that provides that the property and
assets of international organizations shall be immune from search and
confiscation and that their archives shall be inviolable.
--Section 7(b), 22 U.S.C. 288d(b), that provides the representatives
of foreign governments in or to international organizations and the
officers and employees of such organizations with immunity from suit and
legal process relating to acts performed by them in their official
capacity and falling within their functions.
This designation is not intended to abridge in any respect privileges,
exemptions, or immunities that the International Union for Conservation
of Nature and Natural Resources may have acquired or may acquire by
international agreements or by congressional action.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 18, 1996.
EO 12987
