Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (Ottawa 2024 – INC-4) Privileges and Immunities Order (SOR/2024-48)

Definitions

Marginal note:Definitions

1 The following definitions apply in this Order.

Agreement

Agreement means the Agreement between the United Nations as Represented by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Government of Canada Regarding the Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution, including in the Marine Environment (INC-4). (Accord)

Convention

Convention means the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations set out in Schedule III to the Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act. (Convention)

meetings

meetings means

• (a) the regional preparatory consultations to be held in Ottawa on April 21, 2024; and

• (b) the meeting of the Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution, including in the Marine Environment (INC-4), to be held in Ottawa from April 23 to 30, 2024. (réunions)

relevant period

relevant period means the period beginning on April 19, 2024 and ending on May 3, 2024. (période visée)

Privileges and Immunities

Marginal note:Inviolability

2 During the relevant period, the premises, as defined in Article 3 of the Agreement, and the archives and documents of the United Nations Environment Programme are inviolable within the meaning of section 3 of the Convention.

Marginal note:Representatives

• 3 (1) During the relevant period, the following persons who have been invited to attend the meetings as participants, as defined in Article 2 of the Agreement, have, to the extent required for the exercise of their functions in relation to the meetings, the privileges and immunities set out in sections 11 and 12 of Article IV of the Convention, to the extent set out in sections 14 to 16 of that Article:

  • (a) representatives of foreign states;

  • (b) representatives of members of the United Nations; and

  • (c) representatives of members to specialized agencies or related organizations of the United Nations.

• Marginal note:United Nations officials

  (2) During the relevant period, officials of the United Nations have, to the extent required for the exercise of their functions in relation to the meetings, the privileges and immunities set out in paragraphs 18(a) and (c) to (f) of Article V of the Convention.

• Marginal note:Officials of specialized agencies or related organizations

  (3) During the relevant period, officials of specialized agencies or related organizations of the United Nations have, to the extent required for the exercise of their functions in relation to the meetings, the privileges and immunities set out in paragraphs 18(a), (c) and (d) of Article V of the Convention.

• Marginal note:Experts

  (4) During the relevant period, experts, other than the officials referred to in subsections (2) and (3), who are performing missions for the United Nations or its specialized agencies or related organizations have, to the extent required for the exercise of their functions in relation to the meetings, the privileges and immunities set out in Article VI of the Convention.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Registration

4 This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.