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Secion 13. In this article the expression “representatives” shall be deemed to include all delegates, deputy delegates, advisors, technical experts, and secretaries of delegations.

Section 14. The Secretary-General will from time to time make known to the Swiss Federal Council, in the same manner as to the Governments of Member States, the names of those officials to whom the provisions of this article and article VII shall apply.

Section 15. Officials of the United Nations shall:

(a) Be immune from legal process in respect of words spoken or written and acts performed by them in their official capacity;

(b) Be exempt from taxation on the salaries and emoluments paid to them by the United Nations;

(c) Be immune from national service obligations, subject to the special provisions contained in the Annex to the present Arrangement concerning officials of Swiss nationality;

(d) Be immune, together with their spouses and relatives dependent on them, from immigration restrictions and alien registration;

(e) Be accorded the same privileges in respect of exchange facilities as are accorded to the officials of comparable ranks forming part of diplomatic missions to the Swiss Federal Council;

(f) Be given, together with their spouses and relatives dependent on them, the same repatriation facilities in time of international crisis as diplomatic agents;

(g) Have the right to import free of duty their furniture and effects on the occasion of first taking up their post in Switzerland.

Section 16. In addition to the immunities and privileges specified in Section 15, the Secretary-General and all Assistant Secretaries-General and, if the Secretary-General should so desire, the chief administrative officer of the United Nations in Switzerland, shall be accorded in respect of them-