The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: The agreement on representation in third countries and representatives of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization status of article 1. 1994 September 14 in Brussels signed the agreement on representation in third countries and representatives of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization status (hereinafter referred to as the Treaty) this law is adopted and approved. 2. article. Contractual commitments coordinated by the Ministry of Defense. 3. article. The agreement shall enter into force for the period specified in article 3 and in order, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall notify the newspaper "journal". 4. article. The law shall enter into force on the day following its promulgation. With the law put a contract in English and its translation into Latvian language. The law adopted by the Parliament at the 2004 October 28. State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga 2004 17 November agreement ON the status OF missions AND representatives OF THIRD States TO the NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION Considering the Declaration on peace and Cooperation issued by the heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Rome on 7th and 8th November 1991 calling for the establishment of a North Atlantic Cooperation Council and the North Atlantic Cooperation Council statement on the Dialogue Partnership and Cooperation, of 20th December 1991; Noting the Partnership for peace invitation issued and signed by the heads of State and Government of the member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels on 10th January 1994; Recognizing the need to determin the status of the mission and representatives of third States to the Organization; Considering that the purpose of the privilege and led immunit in the present agreement is not to benefit the individual but to ensur the efficient performance of their function in connection with the Organization; The parties to the present agreement have agreed as follows: article 1 For the purpose of the present agreement: "Organization" means the North Atlantic Treaty Organization: the; "Member State" means: (A) A State Party to the North Atlantic Treaty done in Washington on 4th April 1949; "Third State" means: (A) A State which is not a Party to the North Atlantic Treaty done in Washington on 4th April 1949, and which has accepted the invitation to the Partnership for peace programme and subscribed to the Partnership for peace Framework document, is a member State of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council or is any other State invited by the North Atlantic Council to establish a Mission to the Organization. Article 2 (a) the member State in whose territory the Organization has its headquarters shall accord to the missions of third States to the Organization and the members of their Staff the privilege accorded to the immunit and diplomatic missions and their staff; (b) In addition, the member State in whose territory the Organization has its headquarters shall accord the customary privilege of immunit and to the representatives of third States, on temporary missions, who are not covered by paragraph (a) of the present article, while present in its territory for the purpose of ensuring the representation of third States in relations to the proceedings of the Organization. Article 3 (a) the present Agreement shall be open for signature by member States and shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. The instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium which shall notify all signatory States of the deposit of each such instrument; (b) As soon as two or more signatory States, including the member State in whose territory the Organization has its headquarters, have deposited their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval, the present Agreement shall come into force in respect of those States. It shall come into force in respect of each other signatory State on the date of the deposit of its instrument. Article 4 (a) of the present agreement may be denounced by any contracting State by giving written notification of denunciation of the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium which shall notify all signatory States of each such notification; (b) the denunciation shall take effect one year after the receipt of the notification by the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium. In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorized by their Governments, the respectiv have signed the present agreement pf which the English and French texts are equally authentic. Done in Brussels, this 14th day of September 1994.

The agreement on REPRESENTATION in third countries and representatives of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization STATUS having regard to the Declaration of peace and cooperation, adopted by the heads of State and Government, which in 1991 on November 7 and 8 in Rome attended the meeting of the North Atlantic Council, calls to create the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, as well as of 20 December 1991, the North Atlantic Cooperation Council on dialogue, partnership and cooperation; Noting the invitation to partnership-peace ", 10 January 1994, the North Atlantic Council meeting in Brussels was adopted and signed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the heads of Government of the Member States; Recognizing the need to establish a third national representation and the status of the representative of the organisation; Considering that this agreement includes the privilege of privacy and the objective is not to give benefits to individuals but to ensure the effective performance of functions of persons in connection with the Organization; The parties to this agreement, have agreed as follows: article 1 in this agreement: "organisation" means the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation; "Member State" means a State that is a 1949 April 4 in Washington closed the locker of the North Atlantic Treaty party; "Third country" means a country other than that of 4 April 1949 in Washington closed the locker of the North Atlantic Treaty party which has accepted the invitation to join the partnership for peace, the-signed the "partnership for peace" framework document-and is the North Atlantic Cooperation Council Member State or any other State that has asked the North Atlantic Council to create their own representation in the organization. Article 2 (a)) in the Member State in whose territory the Organization has its headquarters, granted third country missions and their personnel, the immunities and privileges which are granted to diplomatic missions and their personnel; (b)) in the Member State in whose territory the Organization has its headquarters, is also granted the normal immunity and privileges of representatives of third countries that are in the temporary mission and whose status is not regulated by this agreement, (a)), to the time that they are located in the territory of a Member State, to ensure the representation of third countries in relation to the activities of the organization. Article 3 (a)), the contract must be signed by the Member States and shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. Instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be submitted to the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, which shall notify all the signatory States of each such submission; (b)) When two or more signatory countries, including the Member State in whose territory the Organization has its headquarters, have submitted their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval, this Agreement shall enter into force for those States. For every other signatory to this Treaty shall enter into force for this State on the date of submission of the document. Article 4 (a)) any Contracting State may denounce this agreement by written notice of denunciation to the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, which shall notify all the signatory States of each such notification. b) denunciation shall take effect one year after the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium has received the notification of denunciation. In witness whereof, his Government being duly authorised thereto, have signed this agreement, the text of which the English and French texts are equally authentic. Signed in Brussels, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four fourteenth September.