Volume V- No.2
John A. Strylowski
Abstract:
This article argues for the need of an international status of national nonalignment to the officials of international organizations, in order to ensure that the respective officials’ nationalities do not hinder their commitment to their organization. For example, that status was granted to officials of the League of Nations but in an unsystematic fashion. The officials of the succeeding organization, the United Nations enjoyed a status of political nonalignment while on official duty as a matter of play. However, this official status of nonalignment, which is critical to the work of U.N officials, has become a source of contention with the United States, due to the scope of the privileges that correlate to it. The United States has therefore passed legislation that acknowledges the international diplomatic status of foreign officials of international organizations, but mandates that such officials of American nationality are granted exclusive privileges reserved solely for them. The article concludes that the status of political nonalignment must be provided for officials that represent international organizations in order for them to be effective in their tasks.
