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A draft law extending the provisions of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialised Agencies to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has been submitted to the State Duma

August 20, 2013

The President submitted to the State Duma draft Federal Law On Extending the Provisions of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialised Agencies to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

The development of cooperation between the Russian Federation and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has now reached a new level.

In the past, the growth of Russia’s relations with the FAO was hampered by Russia’s non-application of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialised Agencies of November 21, 1947, to the FAO. In particular, the failure to resolve this issue has prevented an FAO liaison office from opening in Moscow.

Russia’s acknowledgment that the Convention applies to the FAO will give the FAO liaison office in Moscow and its staff all the privileges and immunities the Convention guarantees.

August 20, 2013