The Kingdom of the Netherlands,
and
the United Nations Environment Programme;
Whereas an intergovernmental conference convened in Washington D.C. from 23 October
to 3 November 1995 adopted the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the
Marine Environment from Land-based Activities and endorsed the Washington Declaration
on Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities;
Noting the undertaking of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to ensure
the availability of all the necessary facilities and conditions to enable the Coordination
Office to perform its functions, including its scheduled programme of work and related
activities;
Having regard to the institutional arrangements for implementation of the Global Programme
of Action, for which the United Nations Environment Programme is the Secretariat,
regarding the legal status, privileges and immunities of the Coordination Office of
the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based
Activities, its Coordinator and its Officials;
Noting the General Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations
adopted on 13 February 1946 by the United Nations General Assembly, to which the Kingdom
of the Netherlands is a party, applies to United Nations officials servicing the Coordination
Office, and that individual or specific privileges not covered by this Convention
make further provisions necessary;
Desiring, therefore, to conclude an Agreement for the purpose of determining such
individual or specific privileges to be granted by the Government of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands with respect to the Coordination Office of the Global Programme of
Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities in
the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands at The Hague;
Have agreed as follows: