Issuance of Gazette Notification under Section 3 of UN(P and I) Act, 1947 for the extension of Privileges and Immunities to WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine(GCTM) in Jamnagar, Gujarat.

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-02022024-251729 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 393] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2024/MAGHA 13, 1945 MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the19th January, 2024 S.O. 417(E).—Whereas the Government of India signed the Host Country Agreement for establishing the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (hereinafter referred to as the Centre) in Jamnagar, Gujarat on the 25th March, 2022; And whereas Articles V,VI,VIII,X and XII of the said Agreement provide for privileges and immunities of the Centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat, its representatives and officials; And whereas the Central Government considers it expedient to extend the necessary privileges and immunities provided under the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947 (46 of 1947) to the Centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat, its representatives and officials; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947 (46 of 1947), the Central Government hereby declares that the provisions of section 1 of Article I, sections 2,3,4,5,6,7 and section 8 of Article II, section 9 of Article III and clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of section 18 and section 20 of Article V and clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of section 22 and section 23 of Article VI of the Schedule to the said Act shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar, Gujarat, its representatives and officials. [F.No. D-II/451/15(6)/2018] ANSHUMAN GAUR, Jt. Secy.