Article
1
Definitions
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For the purposes of this General Agreement:
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a)
“Agreement” means the present General Agreement;
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“Archives of the ICPO-INTERPOL” means all information in any medium, including but not limited to the records, correspondences, papers, documents, manuscripts, photographs, films, recordings, computer programmes, video tapes, discs and data belonging to, sent to, received by, processed by, held by, produced by, elaborated by, or that is transiting through the ICPO-INTERPOL;
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“Constitution” means the Constitution of the ICPO-INTERPOL, which entered into force on 13 June 1956, and any subsequent amendments;
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“INTERPOL Information System” means all the structured material resources and software used by the ICPO-INTERPOL – databases, communications infrastructure, advanced sensor technology and other services – to process data through its channels in the context of international police cooperation;
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e)
“Members of Certain of the ICPO-INTERPOL’s Bodies” means the members of the Executive Committee, the members of the Commission for the Control of Files and the Advisers;
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“Officials of the ICPO-INTERPOL” means the Secretary General and staff members of the General Secretariat, within the meaning of Article 27 of the Constitution, who are subject to the INTERPOL Staff Regulations and Rules;
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“Official Activities” means activities necessary for and carried out in the implementation of the ICPO-INTERPOL’s aims as set out in the Constitution;
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“Premises of the ICPO-INTERPOL” means the land, building(s) and/or parts of building(s), irrespective of ownership, used exclusively by the ICPO-INTERPOL in order to carry out its Official Activities, on a temporary or permanent basis, provided there is prior consent of the host country;
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“Property, Funds, and Assets” means property and funds owned, in custody of, or administered by the ICPO-INTERPOL in furtherance of its constitutional functions;
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“Representatives of Member Countries” means delegates from Member Countries duly accredited for attending sessions of the ICPO-INTERPOL’s bodies or conferences or meetings convened by the ICPO-INTERPOL;
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k)
“State Party” means any Member Country of the ICPO-INTERPOL for which this Agreement has entered into force;
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“Statutory Meetings” means sessions of the ICPO-INTERPOL’s General Assembly and Executive Committee, Regional Conferences, Heads of National Central Bureaus Conferences, and any other meetings of a body or subsidiary body of the ICPO-INTERPOL held in accordance with the Constitution.