Executive Order 9823

Executive Order 9823 of January 24, 1947

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 (59 Stat. 669), 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 them as public international organizations entitled to enjoy the privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the said Act:

Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees.

International Wheat Advisory Committee (International Wheat Council).

The designation of the above organizations as public international organizations within the meaning of the said International Organizations Immunities Act is not Intended to abridge in any respect privileges and immunities which such organizations may have acquired or may acquire by treaty or Congressional action.

This order supplements Executive Orders No. 9698 of February 19, 1946, and No. 9751 of July 11, 1946.

Harry S. Truman

The White House,

January 24, 1947.

Notes

Supplements:

• Executive Order 9698, February 19, 1946;
• Executive Order 9751, July 11, 1946

Supplemented by:

• 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

Revoked (in part) by:

• Executive Order 10083, October 12, 1949