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a) “Agreement” means this Host State Agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands
and the United Nations;
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b) “host State” means the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
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c) “OCHA” means the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs;
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d) ‘Office’ means the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
in The Hague, including the Humanitarian Data Centre;
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e) “Parties” means the United Nations and the host State;
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f) “General Convention” means the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 13 February 1946, to which
the Kingdom of the Netherlands acceded on 19 April 1948;
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g) “Vienna Convention” means the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961, to which the Kingdom of the Netherlands acceded on 7 September
1984;
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h) The “Head of the Office” means the person appointed by the Secretary-General to head
the Office;
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i) “officials of the Office” means the Head of the Office and staff who are assigned
by the Secretary-General to serve as part of the Office;
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j) “experts on mission” means persons, other than officials, who, on a temporary basis,
perform missions for the Office;
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k) “interns” means students and recent graduates (degree obtained within the last twelve
(12) months) who have been accepted by OCHA into its internship programme for the
purpose of performing certain tasks for the Office without receiving a salary from
OCHA. An intern shall in no case fall under the definition of an official of the Office;
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l) “family members forming part of the household” means:
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• spouses and registered partners of a staff member of the Office continuously living
with the staff member;
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• children of the staff member under the age of 18;
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• children of the staff member up to and including the age of 27 provided that they
are unmarried, financially dependent on their parents and living continuously with
their parent(s) during their posting in the host State; and
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• any such member of the immediate family of the staff member of the Office as may be
agreed upon between the host State and the United Nations.
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m) “premises” means buildings, parts of buildings and areas, including installations
and facilities made available to, maintained, occupied or used by the Office in the
territory of the host State in consultation with the host State, in connection with
its functions and purposes;
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n) “property” means, without prejudice to the General Convention, all property (be it material, real, or intellectual), assets, and funds belonging
to the Office or held or administered by the Office in the territory of the host State
in furtherance of its functions;
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o) “Ministry of Foreign Affairs” means the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the host State;
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p) “competent authorities” means national, provincial, municipal and other competent
authorities under the laws, regulations and customs of the host State;
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q) “Secretary-General” means the Secretary-General of the United Nations.