Here is the FACTUAL information for those interested. International Organizations Immunities Act, December 9, 1945 AN ACT To extend certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to international organizations and to the officers and employees thereof, and for other purposes ....SEC. 2. International organizations shall enjoy the status, immunities, exemptions, and privileges set forth in this section, as follows: (a) International organizations shall, to the extent consistent with the instrument creating them, possess the capacity... SEC. 3. Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Customs... SEC. 4... http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/decad034.asp
§ 263a. International Criminal Police Organization The Attorney General is authorized to accept and maintain, on behalf of the United States, membership in the International Criminal Police Organization, and to designate any departments and agencies which may participate in the United States representation with that organization. All dues and expenses to be paid for the membership of the United States shall be paid out of sums authorized and appropriated for the Department of Justice. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode22/usc_sec_22_00000263---a000-.html Executive Order 12425 of June 16, 1983 International Criminal Police Organizations By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, including Section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (59 Stat. 669, 22 U.S.C. 288), it is hereby ordered that the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), in which the United States participates pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 263a, is hereby designated as a public international organization entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions and immunities conferred by the International Organizations Immunities Act; except those provided by Section 2(c), the portions of Section 2(d) and Section 3 relating to customs duties and federal internal-revenue importation taxes, Section 4, Section 5, and Section 6 of that Act. This designation is not intended to abridge in any respect the privileges, exemptions or immunities which such organization may have acquired or may acquire by international agreement or by Congressional action. Ronald Reagan http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=41483 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_12425 Executive Order 12971 of September 15, 1995 Amendment to Executive Order No. 12425 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to extend the appropriate privileges, exemptions, and immunities upon the International Criminal Police Organization (‘‘INTERPOL’’) it is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 12425 be amended by deleting, in the first sentence, the words ‘‘the portions of Section 2(d) and’’ and the words ‘‘relating to customs duties and federal internal-revenue importation taxes’’. William J. Clinton http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=51853 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_12971 Executive Order 13524 of December 16, 2009 Amending Executive Order 12425 Designating Interpol as a Public International Organization Entitled to Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288), and in order to extend the appropriate privileges, exemptions, and immunities to the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 12425 of June 16, 1983, as amended, is further amended by deleting from the first sentence the words ‘‘except those provided by Section 2(c), Section 3, Section 4, Section 5, and Section 6 of that Act’’ and the semicolon that immediately precedes them. Barack Obama http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=87003 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13524 -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
