Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Verenigde Naties betreffende het kantoor van het Joint Investigative Mechanism van de Organisatie voor het Verbod van Chemische Wapens (OPCW) - Verenigde Naties

Whereas the Security Council of the United Nations acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations decided by its resolution 2235 (2015) adopted on 7 August 2015 to establish the OPCW-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) “to identify to the greatest extent feasible individuals, entities, groups, or governments who were perpetrators, organisers, sponsors or otherwise involved in the use of chemicals as weapons, including chlorine or any other toxic chemical, in the Syrian Arab Republic where the OPCW Fact-Finding Mission determines or has determined that a specific incident in the Syrian Arab Republic involved or likely involved the use of chemicals as weapons, including chlorine or any other toxic chemical”;

Whereas the JIM wishes to establish an office in The Hague, the Kingdom of the Netherlands to facilitate the implementation of its mandate and in particular liaison with the OPCW and its Fact Finding Mission;

Whereas the Kingdom of the Netherlands wishes to facilitate the work of the JIM in this regard;

Whereas the United Nations and the Kingdom of the Netherlands wish to conclude an agreement for the establishment of the office of the JIM in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the “Office”);

The Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Nations have agreed as follows:

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Use of terms

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Article 2. Establishment of the Office

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Article 3. Purpose and scope of this Agreement

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PART II. STATUS OF THE OFFICE

Article 4. Juridical personality

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Article 5. Privileges, immunities and facilities

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Article 6. Inviolability of the premises

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Article 7. Protection of the premises and their vicinity

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Article 8. Law and authority on the premises

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Article 9. Public services for the premises

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Article 10. Flags, emblems and markings

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Article 11. Funds, assets and other property

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Article 12. Inviolability of archives, documents and materials

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Article 13. Facilities in respect of communications

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Article 14. Freedom of financial assets from restrictions

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Article 15. Exemption from taxes and duties for the JIM and its property

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Article 16. Exemption from import and export restrictions

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PART III. PRIVILEGES, IMMUNITIES AND FACILITIES ACCORDED TO PERSONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT

Article 17. Privileges, immunities and facilities of the Head of the Office

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Article 18. Privileges, immunities and facilities of the other officials of the Office

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Article 19. Experts on mission for the JIM

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Article 20. Employment of family members of officials of the Office

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Article 21. Interns

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PART IV. WAIVER OF PRIVILEGES, IMMUNITIES, AND FACILITIES

Article 22. Waiver of privileges, immunities and facilities

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PART V. COOPERATION BETWEEN THE OFFICE AND THE HOST STATE

SECTION 1. : GENERAL

Article 23. General cooperation between the JIM and the host State

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Article 24. Cooperation with the competent authorities

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Article 25. Notification and Identification Cards

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Article 26. Social security regime

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SECTION 2. : VISAS, PERMITS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS

Article 27. Visas for officials of the Office and experts on mission for the JIM

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Article 28. Laissez-passer and United Nations Certificate

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Article 29. Driving licence

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SECTION 3. : SECURITY, SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF PERSONS REFERRED TO IN THIS AGREEMENT

Article 30. Security, safety and protection of persons referred to in this Agreement

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PART VI. FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 31. Supplementary arrangements and agreements

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Article 32. Settlement of disputes with third parties

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Article 33. Settlement of differences on the interpretation or application of this Agreement or supplementary arrangements or agreements

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Article 34. Application

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Article 35. Amendments and termination

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Article 36. Interpretation of agreements

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Article 37. Entry into force

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, duly authorized thereto, have signed this Agreement.

DONE at The Hague, The Netherlands, on the 31st day of May in the year Two Thousand and Sixteen, in duplicate, in the English language.

For the Kingdom of the Netherlands,

J.LC. VAN DER WERFF

For the United Nations,

VIRGINIA GAMBA

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART II. STATUS OF THE OFFICE

PART III. PRIVILEGES, IMMUNITIES AND FACILITIES ACCORDED TO PERSONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT

PART IV. WAIVER OF PRIVILEGES, IMMUNITIES, AND FACILITIES

PART V. COOPERATION BETWEEN THE OFFICE AND THE HOST STATE

SECTION 1. : GENERAL

SECTION 2. : VISAS, PERMITS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS

SECTION 3. : SECURITY, SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF PERSONS REFERRED TO IN THIS AGREEMENT

PART VI. FINAL PROVISIONS