Vlado Republike Slovenije
minister za zunanje zadeve
dr. Dimitrij Rupel l.r
Za
Mednarodno organizacijo za migracije
generalni direktor
Brunson McKinley l.r.
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA, on the one hand, and the INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION, hereinafter referred to as “the Organization”, on the other hand,
Recalling that the Republic of Slovenia became member of the Organization on 28 November 2000,
Desirous of further strengthening and developing the cooperation between the Organization and the Republic of Slovenia,
Bearing in mind that Article 27 of the Constitution of the International Organization for Migration, confers juridical personality on the Organization and such legal capacity as may be necessary for the exercise of its functions and the fulfilment of its purpose, and that the Organization and its staff, except for the locally engaged staff, should enjoy privileges and immunities as provided for in Article 28 of the Constitution,
Considering that the purposes and the functions of the Organization and the activities carried out by the Organization and its staff in the Republic of Slovenia warrant the granting to the Organization and its staff, with the exception of the locally engaged staff, of privileges and immunities substantially identical to those accorded to the specialized agencies of the United Nations and their staff,
HAVE AGREED as follows:
Article 1
1. In accordance with the relevant decisions of its Governing Bodies and subject to the availability of funds, the Organization shall implement in the Republic of Slovenia migration programmes and activities, in particular in the following fields:
(a) training of civil servants, advisory services on migration policies, legislation, administration and other capacity building and technical cooperation activities on migration issues;
(b) research in the field of migration policy in the Republic of Slovenia;
(c) providing information on migration issues and cooperation in raising public awareness with regard to migration issues;
(d) promotion of and making arrangements for voluntary return of all categories of foreigners in the Republic of Slovenia;
(e) material, legal and organizational assistance and health care to refugees, displaced persons and other persons in need of such assistance;
(f) specific migration services such as transit assistance to foreigners in passage across the territory of the Republic of Slovenia, integration assistance, in particular health care, language training etc.;
(g) any other cooperation to be mutually agreed upon.
2. The Organization shall implement in the Republic of Slovenia the German Forced Labour Compensation Programme on the basis of the Foundation Act adopted by the Federal Republic of Germany which created a German foundation entitled “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future”. Within the scope of this Programme, the Organization shall carry out the following activities:
– notification of potential beneficiaries;
– forwarding and collecting the claim forms of beneficiaries;
– forwarding claim forms to the Headquarters of the Organization in Geneva;
– notification of claimants;
– payment of compensation to beneficiaries.
The Organization shall carry out these activities in cooperation with the associations of beneficiaries in the Republic of Slovenia.
3. In order to implement its programmes and activities, the Organization is authorized to open an office in the Republic of Slovenia and to hire the staff needed.
Article 2
The Parties shall draw up a programme of cooperation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia shall coordinate the activities carried out by the Organization in the Republic of Slovenia on the basis of the programme of cooperation. The Office of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for Immigration and Refugees is responsible for the implementation of the Constitution of the International Organization for Migration.
Article 3
1. The Organization shall enjoy in the Republic of Slovenia the same privileges and immunities as those granted to specialized agencies of the United Nations by virtue of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of 21 November 1947.
2. The Director General, the Deputy Director General and staff members of the Organization except for the locally engaged staff, shall enjoy in the Republic of Slovenia the same privileges and immunities as those granted to executive heads and to the staff, respectively, of specialized agencies of the United Nations by virtue of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of 21 November 1947.
Article 4
Any dispute between the Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Agreement which is not settled amicably by negotiation, shall be submitted for final decision to arbitration at the request of either Party: one arbitrator shall be appointed by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, one arbitrator shall be appointed by the Director General of the Organization, and the two arbitrators shall appoint a third, who shall be the chairman.
Article 5
The provisions of this Agreement can be amended at any time by mutual consent in writing of the Parties. Negotiations thereto shall be conducted at the request of either Party. The amendments shall enter into force in accordance with the provisions of Article 6.
Article 6
This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of receipt of notification by the Republic of Slovenia to the effect that internal legal requirements for the entry into force of the Agreement in the Republic of Slovenia have been fulfilled. The Agreement shall be provisionally applied as of the date of its signature.
Article 7
This Agreement shall cease to be in force twelve months after either of the Parties shall have given notice in writing to the other of its decision to terminate the Agreement.
IN FAITH WHEREOF the undersigned representatives, duly authorized for that purpose, have signed this Agreement.
DONE at Ljubljana on 19. December 2001, in two originals, in the English and Slovene languages, both texts being equally authentic.
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