Exchange of Notes Between the United States and the Netherlands Related to the Agreement On The Resolution Of Practical Problems With Respect To Deep Seabed Mining Areas The Hague
Source: Unofficial Text
The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and has the honor to refer to the Agreement on the Resolution of Practical Problems with Respect to Deep Seabed Mining Areas concluded at New York on August 14, 1987, between the Governments of the Kingdom of Belgium, Canada, the Republic of Italy, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Exchange of Notes relating to that Agreement dated August 14, 1987, between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In this connection the Embassy has the honor to propose that the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall not take steps to terminate that Agreement and the Government of the United States shall not take steps to terminate the agreement concluded by that Exchange of Notes, except by common accord of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of the United States.
If it is acceptable to the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, this Note and the Note in reply shall constitute an agreement between the two Governments which shall enter into force on the date on which the Government of the United States will receive from the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands a notification of the completion of the constitutional requirements in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Embassy of the United States of America takes this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the assurances of its highest consideration.
Embassy of the United States of America,
The Hague, August 14, 1987 Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Hague
Treaties Department
DVE/VV-200477
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the United States Embassy and has the honour to acknowledge receipt of the Embassy's Note No. 75, dated 14 August 1987, which reads as follows:
"The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and has the honor to refer to the Agreement on the Resolution of Practical Problems with Respect to Deep Seabed Mining Areas concluded at New York on August 14, 1987, between the Governments of the Kingdom of Belgium, Canada, the Republic of Italy, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Exchange of Notes relating to that Agreement dated 14 August 1987, between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In this connection the Embassy has the honor to propose that the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall not take steps to terminate that Agreement and the Government of the United States shall not take steps to terminate the agreement concluded by that Exchange of Notes, except by common accord of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of the United States.
If it is acceptable to the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, this Note and the Note in reply shall constitute an agreement between the two Governments which shall enter into force on the date on which the Government of the United States will receive from the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands a notification of the completion of the constitutional requirements in the Kingdom of the Netherlands."
In reply, the Ministry has the honour to inform the Embassy that the above proposal is acceptable to the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, who therefore agree that the Embassy's Note together with this reply to that effect shall constitute an Agreement between the two Governments which shall enter into force on the date on which the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has notified the Government of the United States of America that the procedures constitutionally required therefor have been completed in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Hague, 14 August 1987
