78 for the Organization. The consultant contract or other documentation will incorporate the Regulations by reference, and experts will be required to acknowledge that they will abide by the Regulations. 2. At times, legislative bodies entrust tasks to individuals to perform assignments for those bodies (for example, members and special rapporteurs of the International Law Commission and other bodies). Those individuals have the status of experts on mission. Although their appointments may have been concluded without the signature of any document of appointment, their attention will be drawn to the Regulations when they receive documentation from the Secretariat relating to their functions and/or their assignment. That documentation will include a copy of the Regulations explaining that they were adopted by the General Assembly and thus constitute part of the conditions of those individuals’ assignment for the United Nations. 3. Officials will receive a copy of the Regulations at an appropriate time, such as when they make the declaration of office (see regulation 1 (b)). Regulation 1 (e) The privileges and immunities enjoyed by the United Nations by virtue of Article 105 of its Charter are conferred in the interests of the Organization. These privileges and immunities furnish no excuse to those who are covered by them to fail to observe the laws and police regulations of the State in which they are located; nor do they furnish an excuse for non-performance of their private obligations. In any case where an issue arises regarding the application of these privileges and immunities, an official or an expert on mission shall immediately report the matter to the Secretary-General, who alone may decide whether such privileges and immunities exist and whether they shall be waived, in accordance with the relevant instruments. The Secretary-General should inform and may take into account the views of the legislative bodies that appointed the officials or experts on mission. Commentary 1. Regulation 1 (e), which deals with privileges and immunities, is similar to staff regulation 1.1 (f) (see paras. 32, 49, 54 and 55 of the report on standards of conduct in the international civil service 1954,c which was prepared by the International Civil Service Advisory Board (hereinafter referred to as “the ICSAB report”)). 2. Regulation 2 (j) specifies the obligations on those who are covered by such privileges and immunities to honour their private legal obligations. c A/52/488, annex III.