Convention on special missions
| Coming into Force | 21 June 1985 |
| Subject Terms | Missions; see also United Nations Missions-Peacekeeping,Assistance |
| Registration Date | 21 June 1985 |
| Registration Number | 23431 |
| Date of Conclusion | 08 December 1969 |
| Party Submitting the Application for Registration | ex officio |
| Type of Document | Multilateral |
| Depositary | Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| Participants | Argentina,Austria,Bielorrusia,Bosnia & Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Chile,Colombia,Croacia,Cuba,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Czechoslovakia,Democratic People's Republic of Korea,El Salvador,Estonia,Fiji,Finlandia,Georgia,Guatemala,Indonesia,Iran (Islamic Republic of),Israel,Jamaica,Liberia,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,México,Montenegro,Nicaragua,Paraguay,Philippines,Polonia,Rwanda,Seychelles,Eslovaquia,Eslovenia,España,State of Palestine,Suiza,The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,Tonga,Tunisia,Ukraine,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,Uruguay,Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of),Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of) |
No.
23431
MULTILATERAL
Convention
on
special
missions.
Adopted
by
the
General
Assembly
of
the
United
Nations
on
8
December
1969
Optional
Protocol
to
the
above-mentioned
Convention
con
cerning
the
compulsory
settlement
of
disputes.
Adopted
by
the
General
Assembly
of
the
United
Nations
on
8
December
1969
Authentic
texts:
English,
French,
Chinese,
Russian
and
Spanish.
Registered
ex
officio
on
21
June
1985.
MULTILATERAL
Convention
sur
les
missions
spéciales.
Adoptée
par
l'Assem
blée
générale
des
Nations
Unies
le
8
décembre
1969
Protocole
de
signature
facultative
à
la
Convention
susmen
tionnée
concernant
le règlement
obligatoire
des
diffé
rends.
Adopté
par
l'Assemblée
générale
des
Nations
Unies
le
8
décembre
1969
Textes
authentiques
:
anglais,
français,
chinois,
russe
et
espagnol.
Enregistrés
d'office
le
21
juin
1985.
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United
Nations
—
Treaty
Series
•
Nations
Unies
—
Recueil
des
Traités
1985
CONVENTION
1
ON
SPECIAL
MISSIONS
The
States
Parties
to
the
present
Convention,
Recalling
that
special
treatment
has
always
been
accorded
to
special
missions,
Having
in
mind
the purposes
and
principles
of
the
Charter
of
the
United
Nations
concerning
the
sovereign
equality
of
States,
the
maintenance
of
international
peace
and
security
and
the
development
of
friendly
relations
and
co-operation
among
States,
Recalling
that
the
importance
of
the
question
of
special missions
was
recognized
during
the
United
Nations
Conference
on
Diplomatic Intercourse
and
Immunities
and
in
resolution
I
adopted
by
the
Conference on
10
April
1961,
2
Considering
that
the
United
Nations
Conference on Diplomatic
Intercourse
and
Immunities
adopted
the
Vienna
Convention
on
Diplomatic
Relations,
which
was
opened
for
signature
on
18
April
1961,
3
Considering
that
the
United
Nations
Conference
on
Consular
Relations
adopted
the
Vienna
Convention
on
Consular
Relations,
which
was
opened
for
signature
on
24
April
1963,
4
Believing
that
an
international
convention
on
special
missions
would
comple
ment
those
two
Conventions
and
would
contribute
to
the
development
of
friendly
relations
among
nations,
whatever
their
constitutional
and
social systems,
Realizing
that
the
purpose
of
privileges
and
immunities
relating
to
special
mis
sions
is
not
to
benefit
individuals
but
to
ensure
the
efficient
performance
of
the
func
tions
of
special
missions
as
missions
representing
the
State,
Affirming
that
the
rules
of
customary
international
law
continue
to
govern
ques
tions
not
regulated
by
the
provisions
of
the
present
Convention,
Have
agreed
as
follows:
1
Came
into force
on
21
June
1985,
i.e.,
the
thirtieth
day
following
the
date
of
deposit
with
the
Secretary-General
of
the
United
Nations
of
the
twenty-second
instrument
of
ratification
or
accession,
in
accordance
with
article
53
(1).
State
Chile
.........................
Cuba*
........................
Democratic
People's
Republic
of
Fiji...........................
Liechtenstein
..................
Date
of
deposit
of
the
instrument
of
ratification
or
accession
(a)
13
October
1972
9
June
1976
a
24
January
1972
22
May
1985
a
18
October
1972
a
4
June
1982
a
5
June
1975
a
3
Aueust
1977
State
Tonga
..............
Date
of
deposit
of
the
instrument
of
ratification
or
accession
(a)
.......
31
January
1979
a
.......
19
September
1975
a
.......
26
November
1976
.....
22
March
1977
a
.....
29
November
1977
a
.......
28
December
1977
a
.....
3
November
1977
18
January
1977
a
.......
2
November
1971
.....
5
March
1974
*
See
p.
337
of
this
volume
for
the
text
of
the
declarations
and
reservation
made
upon
accession.
2
United
Nations,
Treaty
Series,
vol.
500,
p.
218.
3
Ibid.,
p.
95.
4
Ibid.,
vol.
596,
p.
261.
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Article
1.
USE
OF
TERMS
For
the
purposes
of
the
present
Convention:
(a)
A
"special
mission"
is
a
temporary
mission,
representing
the
State,
which
is
sent
by
one
State
to
another
State
with
the
consent
of
the
latter
for
the
purpose
of
dealing
with
it
on
specific
questions
or
of
performing
in
relation
to
it
a
specific
task;
(6)
A
"permanent
diplomatic
mission"
is
a
diplomatic
mission
within
the
meaning
of
the
Vienna
Convention
on
Diplomatic
Relations;
(c)
A
"consular post"
is
any
consulate-general,
consulate,
vice-consulate
or
consular
agency;
(d)
The
"head
of
a
special
mission"
is
the
person
charged
by
the
sending
State
with
the duty
of
acting
in
that
capacity;
(e)
A
"representative
of
the
sending
State
in
the
special
mission"
is
any
person
on whom
the
sending
State
has
conferred
that
capacity;
(/)
The "members
of
a
special
mission"
are the
head
of
the
special
mission,
the
representatives
of
the
sending
State
in
the
special
mission
and
the
members
of
the
staff
of
the
special
mission;
(g)
The "members
of
the
staff
of
the
special
mission"
are
the
members
of
the
diplomatic
staff,
the
administrative
and
technical
staff
and
the
service
staff
of
the
special
mission;
(h)
The
"members
of
the diplomatic
staff'
are the
members
of
the
staff
of
the
special
mission
who
have
diplomatic
status
for
the
purposes
of
the
special
mission;
(/)
The
"members
of
the
administrative
and
technical
staff'
are the
members
of
the
staff
of
the
special
mission
employed
in
the
administrative
and
technical
service
of
the
special
mission;
(/)
The "members
of
the
service
staff'
are
the
members
of
the
staff
of
the
special
mission employed
by
it
as
household
workers
or
for
similar
tasks;
(k)
The
"private
staff'
are
persons
employed
exclusively
in
the
private
service
of
the
members
of
the
special
mission.
Article
2.
SENDING
OF
A
SPECIAL
MISSION
A
State
may
send
a
special
mission
to
another
State
with
the
consent
of
the
latter,
previously
obtained
through
the
diplomatic or
another
agreed
or
mutually
acceptable
channel.
Article
3.
FUNCTIONS
OF
A
SPECIAL
MISSION
The
functions
of
a
special
mission
shall
be
determined
by
the
mutual
consent
of
the
sending
and
the
receiving
State.
Article
4.
SENDING
OF
THE
SAME
SPECIAL
MISSION
TO
TWO
OR
MORE
STATES
A
State
which
wishes
to
send
the
same
special
mission
to
two
or
more
States
shall
so
inform
each
receiving
State
when
seeking
the
consent
of
that
State.
Article
5.
SENDING
OF
A
JOINT
SPECIAL
MISSION
BY
TWO
OR
MORE
STATES
Two
or
more
States
which
wish
to
send
a
joint
special
mission
to
another
State
shall
so
inform
the
receiving
State
when
seeking
the
consent
of
that
State.
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