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ARTICLE-2: Use of terms     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) "Official of a public international organization" shall mean an international civil servant or any person who is authorized by such an organization to act on behalf of that organization; ...


ARTICLE-46: Mutual legal assistance     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (a) The State Party to which the person is transferred shall have the authority and obligation to keep the person transferred in custody, unless otherwise requested or authorized by the State Party from which the person was transferred; ...


ARTICLE-54: Mechanisms for recovery of property through international cooperation in confiscation     [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) Take such measures as may be necessary to permit its competent authorities, where they have jurisdiction, to order the confiscation of such property of foreign origin by adjudication of an offence of money-laundering or such other offence as may be within its jurisdiction or by other procedures authorized under its domestic law; and ...


ARTICLE-71: Depositary and languages     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. The original of this Convention, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Convention. ...