Hong Kong Ordinances

SAFETY OF UNITED NATIONS AND ASSOCIATED PERSONNEL ORDINANCE - SECT 2

Interpretation

In this Ordinance— “associated personnel” (有關人員) means—

   (a)  persons assigned by a government or an intergovernmental organization
        with the agreement of a competent organ of the United Nations;

   (b)  persons engaged by the Secretary-General of the United Nations or by a
        specialized agency or by the International Atomic Energy Agency; and

   (c)  persons deployed by a humanitarian non-governmental organization or
        agency under an agreement with the Secretary- General of the United
        Nations or with a specialized agency or with the International Atomic
        Energy Agency,
to carry out activities in support of the fulfilment of the mandate of a
United Nations operation; “Convention” (《公約》) means the Convention
on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel done at New York on 9
December 1994; “relevant offence” (有關罪行) means—

   (a)  an offence mentioned in section 4(1)(a) or (b), against a member of
        the United Nations personnel or a member of the associated personnel;
        or

   (b)  an offence mentioned in section 4(1)(c), against any premises or means
        of transportation ordinarily used by a member of the United Nations
        personnel or a member of the associated personnel,
whether it is an offence by virtue of section 4(2) or not; “specified
person” (指明人士) means—

   (a)  a person who is—

        (i)    a Chinese national; and

        (ii)   a Hong Kong permanent resident; or

   (b)  a person who is—

        (i)    a stateless person; and

        (ii)   a Hong Kong permanent resident; “United Nations operation”
               (聯合國行動) means an operation established by a competent
               organ of the United Nations in accordance with the Charter of
               the United Nations and conducted under the authority and
               control of the United Nations—

   (a)  where the operation is for the purpose of maintaining or restoring
        international peace and security; or

   (b)  where the Security Council of the United Nations or the General
        Assembly of the United Nations has declared, for the purposes of the
        Convention, that there exists an exceptional risk to the safety of the
        personnel participating in the operation,
but does not include any operation which is authorized by the Security Council
of the United Nations as an enforcement action under Chapter VII of the
Charter of the United Nations, in which any of the personnel are engaged as
combatants against organized armed forces and to which the law of
international armed conflict applies; “United Nations personnel”
(聯合國人員) means—

   (a)  persons engaged or deployed by the Secretary-General of the United
        Nations as members of the military, police or civilian components of a
        United Nations operation; and

   (b)  other officials and experts on mission of the United Nations or its
        specialized agencies or the International Atomic Energy Agency who are
        present in an official capacity in the area where a United Nations
        operation is being conducted. “associated personnel”
        (有關人員) “Convention” (《公約》) “relevant offence”
        (有關罪行) “specified person” (指明人士) “United Nations
        operation” (聯合國行動) “United Nations personnel”
        (聯合國人員)