UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL
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UN workers
3.—(1) In this Act, “UN worker” means a person who is—
- (a) engaged or deployed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations as a member of the military, police or civilian component of a UN operation;
- (b) in his capacity as an official or expert on mission of the United Nations, a specialised agency of the United Nations or the International Atomic Energy Agency, present in an area where a UN operation is being conducted;
- (c) assigned, with the agreement of an organ of the United Nations, by the government of any State or by an intergovernmental organisation to carry out activities in support of the fulfilment of the mandate of a UN operation;
- (d) engaged by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, a specialised agency or the International Atomic Energy Agency to carry out such activities; or
- (e) deployed by a humanitarian non-governmental organisation or agency under an agreement with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, with a specialised agency or with the International Atomic Energy Agency to carry out such activities.
(2) In this section, "UN operation" means an operation—
- (a) which is established, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, by an organ of the United Nations;
- (b) which is conducted under the authority and control of the United Nations; and
- (c) which—
- (i) has as its purpose the maintenance or restoration of international peace and security; or
- (ii) has, for the purposes of the Convention, been declared by the Security Council or the General Assembly of the United Nations to be an operation where there exists an exceptional risk to the safety of the participating personnel.
