Talk:United Nations laissez-passer

Diplomatic immunity error

The article mistakenly claims that possessing a diplomatic passport (or red laissez-passer) grants holder diplomatic immunity. This is not true. Diplomatic immunity can only be granted by individual receiving states in accordance with international law e.g. Convention on Diplomatic Relations etc. The type of passport has nothing to do with this. Diplomatic passport can only help in claiming the immunity in case need arises and the immunity had not been explicitly granted e.g. during travel from home country to destination that has agreed to receive the diplomat. Consequently holder of such laissez-passer does not have immunity unless the receiving state has been informed and has consented to receiving the official. For more adequate explanation see Diplomatic passport. Please adjust this misinformation adequately.--137.132.22.253 (talk) 09:44, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Dear IP, where do we make this mistake? I only found info that the red UNLP confers a status which is similar to national diplomatic passports. I found nowhere any indications regarding immunity... L.tak (talk) 11:52, 15 January 2020 (UTC)

Correct, red United Nations passport (laissez-passer) provides Diplomatic immunity, i.e. full diplomatic status, by a definition on the territories of all Member-States of the United Nations, in accordance with the Article 105 of the United Nations Charter.178.148.119.189 (talk) 03:36, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

"Diplomatic immunity" is explicitly mentioned in the red UNLP on page related to the status.Academician.NYAS (talk) 14:07, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Misc

I think this article's content should be moved to Laissez-passer. JDM1991 (talk) 05:05, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

• no, as this article is about Laissez-passer issued by the United Nations, while Laissez-passer is Laissez-passer in general. Perhaps we shouldn't confuse 2 together. --Da Vynci (talk) 17:13, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

  Correct. Status related to UNLP is regulated by International Law.178.148.119.189 (talk) 04:01, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

x) You might also want to list the IAEA under non-UN organisations which are eligible for UNLP. br MG 22/3/2013 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.5.0.200 (talk) 16:01, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

IAEA is an autonomous organization in the UN system. Their professional officers, as in the UN, from the level P2-D1 are eligible for blue service passport and officials from the level D2 and above are eligible for diplomatic UN passport.178.148.119.189 (talk) 03:48, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

bad quality scan of red LP

The scan of the red LP is of pretty bad quality. The colour is totally wrong. Could maybe someone try to get a better picture? --ALE! (talk) 19:32, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Definition of the UN system

UN system is a set of UN related Organizations bound with the administrative agreements with the United Nations Organization. In accordance with the United Nations Charter UN ECOSOC is empowered to conclude such administrative arrangements (i.e. agreements) with Agencies, necessary for the purpose of creating a system with proper co-ordination among (or between) United Nations and the Agencies. Articles 57 and 63 of the UN Charter provide for the establishment of agreements between the United Nations and the Specialized agencies, as major instruments regulating their mutual relations. However, the powers of the ECOSOC are so limited that it may only communicate its "observations on these reports to the General Assembly". Beside the ECOSOC, other organs empowered by the UN can also create administrative agreements between UN and UN-related organization, for example such an administrative arrangement was UN-IAEA agreement [1] signed by the Dag Hammarskjold (UN Secretary-General) and Sterling Cole (IAEA Director-General). For instance, in article II of this agreement it is provided that Administrative Arrangement Concerning the Use of the United Nations Laissez-Passer by Officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency shall be established. The difference between this agreement (UN-IAEA) and the rest of administrative agreements (for the status of "Specialized Agencies", under ECOSOC provisions-powers) is in the "security nature" of the IAEA, that is more closely related to the functions of the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly. In all other aspects administrative agreements between UN and the UN-related organizations (i.e. in the "UN system") are almost identical. The practical extent of the UN powers (and the corresponding legal obligations of the agencies), however, can be seen in article 64 of the Charter where it is provided that the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) may only take "appropriate steps to obtain regular reports from the specialized agencies" and make "arrangements with the Members of the United Nations and with the specialized agencies to obtain reports on the steps taken to give effect to its own recommendations and to recommendations on matters falling in its competence made by the General Assembly." In addition, agencies may conclude "arrangements" among themselves. Academician.NYAS (talk) 13:01, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Note

It should also be noted that Special Assistants to the Directors Generals of the UN-related Agencies, as they are ranked as D2, are holders of the red United Nations laissez-passer. Same type of red passport is also used by the President of the International Court of Justice in Hague (were on the cover page of the laissez-passer (blue or red), under the title "United Nations" is added "International Court of Justice").Academician.NYAS (talk) 13:57, 14 April 2022 (UTC)