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The Sixth Meeting of the Parties decided to clarify the nature and legal status of the Fund as a body under international law as follows:
(a) Juridical personality: The Multilateral Fund shall enjoy such legal capacity as is necessary for the exercise of its functions and the protection of its interests, in particular the capacity to enter into contracts, to acquire and dispose of movable and immovable property and to institute legal proceedings in defense of its interests;
(b) Privileges and immunities:
(i) the Fund shall, in accordance with arrangements to be determined with the Government of Canada, enjoy in the territory of the host country, such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the fulfillment of its purposes;
(ii) the officials of the Fund Secretariat shall similarly enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the independent exercise of their functions in connection with the Multilateral Fund.
(UNEP/OzL.Pro/6/7 Decision VI/16).
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