[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2926-2927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00623]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 8596; No. FMA-2014-2]


Determination Under the Foreign Missions Act

    Section 209(a) of the Foreign Missions Act (22 U.S.C. 4309(a)) 
(hereinafter ``the Act'') authorizes the Secretary of State to make any 
provision of the Act applicable with respect to international 
organizations to the same extent that it is applicable with respect to 
foreign missions when he determines that such application is necessary 
to carry out the policy set forth in section 201(b) of the Act (22 
U.S.C. 4301(b)) and to further the objectives set forth in section 
204(b) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 4304(b)).
    Section 209(b) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 4309(b)) defines 
``international organization'' as (1) a public international 
organization designated as such pursuant to the International 
Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. Sec.  288 et seq.) or a public 
international organization created pursuant to a treaty or other 
international agreement as an instrument through or by which two or 
more foreign governments engage in some aspect of their conduct of 
international affairs; and (2) an official mission (other than a U.S. 
mission) to such a public international organization, including any 
real property of such an organization or mission and including the 
personnel of such an organization or mission.
    Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of State by the 
Act, and delegated by the Secretary of State to me as the Under 
Secretary of State for Management in Delegation of Authority No. 198, 
dated September 16, 1992, I hereby determine that the application of 
all provisions of the FMA to international organizations, as that term 
is defined in section 209(b), is necessary to facilitate the secure and 
efficient operation of public international organizations and the 
official missions to such organizations, to assist in obtaining 
benefits, privileges and immunities for these organizations, and to 
require their observance of corresponding obligations in accordance 
with international law. It will also further the objectives set forth 
in section 204(b) of the Act as it will assist in protecting the 
interests of the United States.
    Furthermore, I determine that the principal offices of an 
international organization used for diplomatic or related purposes, and 
annexes to such offices (including ancillary offices and support 
facilities), and the site and any

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building on such site which is used for such purposes constitute a 
``chancery'' for purposes of section 206 of the Act (22 U.S.C. 4306).
    This action supersedes the determinations under the Foreign 
Missions Act relating to permanent missions to the United Nations made 
by the Acting Secretary of State on December 7, 1982, and by the 
Secretary of State on June 6, 1983.

    Dated: January 8, 2014.
Patrick F. Kennedy,
Under Secretary for Management.
[FR Doc. 2014-00623 Filed 1-15-14; 8:45 am]
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