Executive Order 9698

by President of the United States

Executive Order 9698 of February 19, 1946

Designating Public International Organizations Entitled to Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act, approved December 29, 1945 (Public Law 291, 79th Congress), and having found that the United States participates in the following-named international organizations pursuant to a treaty or under the authority of an act of Congress authorizing such participation or making an appropriation therefor, I hereby designate such organizations as public international organizations entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the said International Organizations Immunities Act:

The Food and Agriculture Organization.

The International Labor Organization.

The Pan American Union.

The United Nations.

The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

With respect to the designation of such other international organizations as may be entitled to the privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the said Act, the Department of State is hereby designated as the agency to receive applications for the granting of such privileges, exemptions, and immunities. The Secretary of State shall require such information as he may deem necessary from the international organizations making such applications, and shall submit recommendations to the President as to whether the applicant organizations should be designated as public international organizations entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the said Act.

Harry S. Truman

The White House,

February 19, 1946.

Notes

Amended by:

• Executive Order 9751, July 11, 1946;
• Executive Order 9823, January 24, 1947;
• Executive Order 9863, May 31, 1947;
• Executive Order 9887, August 22, 1947;
• Executive Order 9911, December 19, 1947;
• Executive Order 9972, June 25, 1948;
• Executive Order 10025, December 30, 1948

Superseded (in part) by:

• Executive Order 10553, June 3, 1954

Revoked (in part) by:

• Executive Order 10083, October 12, 1949

See Related:

• Executive Order 9721, May 10, 1946;
• Executive Order 12628, March 8, 1988

Editor's Note:

See 22 U.S.C. 288, notes for related information including recent lists for:

• Public International Organizations Entitled to Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities
• Public International Organizations Formerly Entitled to Enjoy Certain Privileges, Exemptions, and Immunities