http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/48/section/7/2020-10-14International Organisations Act 1968An Act to make new provision (in substitution for the International Organisations (Immunities and Privileges) Act 1950 and the European Coal and Steel Community Act 1955) as to privileges, immunities and facilities to be accorded in respect of certain international organisations and in respect of persons connected with such organisations and other persons; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.1978-12-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-10-11Expert Participation2020-10-14 Priority of telecommunications.7So far as may be necessary for the purpose of giving effect to the International Telecommunication Convention done at Montreux on 12th November 1965 or any subsequent treaty or agreement whereby that Convention is amended or superseded, priority shall, wherever practicable, be given to messages from, and to replies to messages from, any of the following, that is to say—athe Secretary General of the United Nations;bthe heads of principal organs of the United Nations; andcthe International Court of Justice.
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