Agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Nations concerning
the Office of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) – United
Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism
[Regeling vervallen per 01-01-2018]
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: