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This enactment amends the Foreign Missions and International
Organizations Act to modernize the privileges and immunities regime.
This will allow Canada to comply with its existing commitments under
international treaties and to respond to recent developments in
international law. The enactment also corrects the deficiency in the
existing statutory definition of ``international organization''. The
enactment further provides that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
has the primary responsibility to ensure the security for the proper
functioning of intergovernmental conferences. This clearer statutory
authority supports security measures taken by Canadian police in
fulfilling Canada's obligations to protect persons who have privileges
and immunities under the Act.
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