40Viewed in that light, it must be recognized that the expatriation of a person is independent of the special status which, as a member of the staff of a public international organization, he enjoys under international law. Thus, a person may be an expatriate while not being accorded that special status, just as a person may have that special status without actually being an expatriate (on that last point, see the Nunez case).
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