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Section 5 The premises of the specialized agencies shall be inviolable. The property and assets of the specialized agencies, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from search, requisition, confiscation, expropriation and any other form of interference, whether by executive, administrative, judicial or legislative action. Section 6 The archives of the specialized agencies, and in general all documents belonging to them or held by them, shall be inviolable wherever located. Section 7 Without being restricted by financial controls, regulations or moratoria of any kind:— (a) The specialized agencies may hold funds, gold or currency of any kind and operate accounts in any currency; (b) The specialized agencies shall be free to transfer their funds, gold or currency from one country to another or within any country and to convert any currency held by them into any other currency. Section 8 Each specialized agency shall, in exercising its rights under Section 7 above, pay due regard to any representations made by the Government of any State party to this Convention in so far as it is considered that effect can be given to such representations without detriment to interests of the agency. Section 9 The specialized agencies, their assets, income and other property shall be—(a) Exempt from all direct taxes; it is understood, however, that the specialized agencies will not claim exemption from taxes which are, in fact, no more than charges for public utility services ; (b) Exempt from Customs duties and prohibitions and restrictions on imports and exports in respect of articles imported or exported by the specialized agencies for their official use; it is understood, however, that articles imported under such exemption will not be sold in the country into which they were imported except under conditions agreed with the Government of that country ; (c) Exempt from Customs duties and prohibitions and restrictions on imports and exports in respect of their publications. Section 10 While the specialized agencies will not, as a general rule, claim exemption from excise duties and from taxes on the sale of movable and immovable property which form part of the price to be paid, nevertheless when the specialized agencies are making important purchases for official use of property on which such duties and taxes have been charged or are chargeable, States parties to this Convention will, whenever possible, make appropriate administrative arrangements for the remission or return of the amount of duty or tax. Article IV.—Facilities in Respect op Communications Section 11 Each specialized agency shall enjoy, in the territory of each State party to this Convention in respect of that agency, for its official communications treatment not less favourable than that accorded by the Government of such State to any other Government including its diplomatic mission in the matter of priority, rates and taxes on mails, cables, telegrams, radiograms, telephotos, telephone and other communications, and press rates for information to the press and radio. Section 12 No censorship shall be applied to the official correspondence and other official communications of the specialized agencies. The specialized agencies shall have the right to use codes and to despatch and receive correspondence by courier or in sealed bags, which shall have the same immunities and privileges as diplomatic couriers and bags. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to preclude the adoption of appropriate security precautions to be determined by agreement between a State party to this Convention and a specialized agency.

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