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Excerpt from Report to the General Assembly of the United Nations by the Secretary-General on the Permanent Headquarters of the United Nations
The next day the Governor of the State of New York signed a series of bills that had been drafted according to recommendations of the United Nations: First, an amendment to the State law author izing the United Nations to acquire any land nec essary, useful, or convenient in carrying out the functions of the Organization and authorizing the Governor to cede jurisdiction over such land, to the extent be deemed proper, either directly to the United Nations or to the United States for the use and benefit of the United Nations (chap. 25, N. Y. Laws, 1947) Secondly, a law exempting from taxation all real property used exclusively for the purpose of headquarters and places of assembly for carrying on the functions of the Organization (chap. 24, N. Y. Laws, 1947)
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