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By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States, including
sections 1 and 14 of the International Organizations Immunities
Act (22 U.S.C. 288 et seq., as amended by section 426 of the
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, fiscal years 1994 and 1995,
Public Law 103-236), I hereby extend to the International Union
for Conservation of Nature and Natural resources the privileges
and immunities that provide or pertain to immunity from suit.  To
this effect, the following sections of the International
Organizations Immunities Act shall not apply to the International
Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources:

     --Section 2(b), 22 U.S.C. 288a(b), that provides
     international organizations and their property and assets
     with the same immunity from suit and judicial process as is
     enjoyed by foreign governments.

     --Section 2(c), 22 U.S.C. 288a(c), that provides that the
     property and assets of international organizations shall be
     immune from search and confiscation and that their archives
     shall be inviolable.

     --Section 7(b), 22 U.S.C. 288d(b), that provides the
     representatives of foreign governments in or to
     international organizations and the officers and employees
     of such organizations with immunity form suit and legal
     process relating to acts performed by them in their official
     capacity and falling within their functions.

This designation is not intended to abridge in any respect
privileges, exemptions, or immunities that the international
Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources may have
acquired or may acquire by international agreements or by
congressional action.

                                   /s/William J. Clinton


THE WHITE HOUSE
January 18, 1996.