Constitutional matters in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) p.2

FCO 8/6984 1 January 1988 - 31 December 1988
DSR 110 (Revised 5/87)

STATE IMMUNITY ACT 1978

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

CERTIFICATE

Top Secret

Secret

Under the authority of Her Majesty's Principal

Confidential

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth

Restricted

Affairs conferred on me in accordance with the

Unclassified

provisions of Section 21 of the State Immunity Act 1978, (stonley
Marth
7 Achig I, Donald Alexander MacLeod, Head of Protocol Dept

,

PRIVACY MARKING

at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, hereby certify

as follows:

In Confidence

i)

His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahayan

is the Head of State of the Kingdom of Abu Dhabi.

ii)

Abu Dhabi is a State for the purposes of

part l of the State Immunity Act 1978.

iii)

The United Arab Emirates is also a State for

the purposes of part 1 of the State Immunity Act 1978.

iv)

The United Arab Emirates are governed by a

ruling council of which Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan

Al-Nahayan is the President.