The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of the Federal
Republic of Germany,
Considering that the delimitation of the coastal continental shelf in the North Sea
between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany has been
laid down by a Convention concluded on 1 December 1964,
Considering that in regard to the further course of the boundary disagreement exists
between the Netherlands and the German Governments, which could not be settled by
detailed negotiations,
Intending to settle the open questions in the spirit of the friendly and good-neighbourly
relations existing between them,
Recalling the obligation laid down in Article 1 of the Netherlands-German Treaty of
Conciliation and Arbitration of 20 May 1926 to submit to a procedure of conciliation
or to judicial settlement all controversies which cannot be settled by diplomacy,
Bearing in mind the obligation assumed by them under Articles 1 and 28 of the European
Convention for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes of 29 April 1957 to submit to the
judgment of the International Court of Justice all international legal controversies
to the extent that no special arrangement has been or will be made,
By virtue of the fact that the Kingdom of the Netherlands is a party to the Statute
of the International Court of Justice, and of the Declaration of acceptance of the
jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice made by the Federal Republic of
Germany on 29 April 1961 in conformity with Article 3 of the Convention of 29 April
1957 and with the Resolution adopted by the Security Council of the United Nations
on 15 October 1946 concerning the “Conditions under which the International Court
of Justice shall be open to States not Parties to the Statute of the International
Court of Justice”,