text: customs authorities onimports through HaifaandAshdad. 20.Representatives oftheUnited Nations HighCommissioner forRefugees had difficulties inLondoninobtaining ratingrelief fortheirpremises underthe provisions oftheConvention onthePrivileges andImmunities oftheUnited Nations. Thosedifficulties aresetforthindetailinannex11tothepresent report. 21.TheGovernment ofZimbabwe continues toapplytaxesonsalaries paidbythe United Nations tolocally recruited staffmembers. Suchactions cannot be considered asbeinginconformity withtheprovisions ofsection 18(b)ofthe Convention onPrivileges andImmunities oftheUnited Nations. Numerous demarches withthePermanent Mission ofZimbabwe totheUnited Nations havenotyetyielded positive results. IV.OTHERMATTERS INVOLVING THESTATUS, PRIVILEGES ANDIMMUNITIES OFOFFICIALS 22.Aswasindicated intheprevious report (A/C.5/44/11, para.26),on 24May1989theEconomic andSocial Council adopted resolution 1989/75 requesting theInternational CourtofJustice togiveanadvisory opinion onthelegal question oftheapplicability ofarticle VI,section 22,ofthe1946Convention on thePrivileges andImmunities oftheUnited Nations inthecaseofMr.Dumitru Mazilu asSpecial Rapporteur oftheSub-Commission onPrevention ofDiscrimination andProtection ofMinorities. TheSecretary-General subsequently reported thatthe Courtwasexpected togiveitsadvisory opinion before theendoftheyear1989. 23.On15December 1989inresponse tothatrequest, theInternational Courtof Justice unanimously delivered anadvisory opinion ontheapplicability of article VI,section 22,oftheConvention onthePrivileges andImmunities ofthe United Nations. TheCourtconcluded, interalia,inparagraph 52ofitsadvisory opinion thatpersons (otherthanUnited Nations officials) towhomamission has beenentrusted bytheOrganization, i.e.,experts onfnission, wereentitled to enjoytheprivileges andimmunities provided forinarticle VI,section 22,ofthe 1946Convention withaviewtotheindependent exercise oftheirfunctions. According totheCourt, during thewholeperiod ofsuchmissions, experts enjoy thesefunctional privileges andimmunities, whether ornottheytravel. TheCourt alsotooktheviewthatsuchprivileges andimmunities maybeinvoked asagainst thestateofnationality orofresidence unless areservation tosection 22ofthe 1946Convention hasbeenvalidly madebythatState. Withregard totheparticular caseofMr.Dumitru Mazilu, theCourtconcluded thathecontinued tohavethe status ofSpecial Rapporteur, andasaconsequence mustberegarded asanexpert on mission within themeaning ofsection 22ofthe1946Convention andthat that section isaccordingly applicable inthecaseofMr.Mazilu. I... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryAlC.5/45/l0 English Page7 24.Inconnection withtheaforementioned advisory opinion, theEconomic and Social Council on25May1990adopted without avoteresolution 1990/43, bywhich itwelcomed theopinion oftheCourttotheeffectthatrapporteurs andspecial rapporteurs oftheSub-Commission mustberegarded asexperts onmission within the meaning ofarticle VI,section 22,oftheConvention onthePrivileges and Immunities oftheUnited Nations. V.MEASURES ANDPROPOSALS INFURTHERANCE OFTHESAFETY ANDTHESECURITY OFOFFICIALS 25.Theprocedures recommended bytheUnited Nations Staff-Management Co-ordination Committee (SMCC), outlined inthereport tothethirty-ninth session oftheGeneral Assembly (A/C.5/39/l7, para.7)remained inplace. TheUnited Nations Security Committee hasconducted regular meetings toreview thecasesand theUnited Nations Security Co-ordinator hascontinued toserveasafocalpoint forassuring theflowofinformation within theUnited Nations system withregard totheprotection oftheprivileges andimmunities ofstaffmembers andinhelping
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the administrative and legal aspects of the United Nations, specifically regarding the privileges and immunities of its officials and staff members. It mentions taxations, customs authorities, and legal opinions from the International Court of Justice. These topics suggest that the text is related to the internal workings and governance of the United Nations, rather than a specific area of development or activity.