Notawisseling tussen de regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de regering van Zwitserland, houdende een verdrag inzake de status van de verbindingsofficieren die door Zwitserland in het kader van het Partnerschap voor de Vrede ter beschikking worden gesteld aan het regionale NAVO-hoofdkwartier van de Allied Forces North (AFNORTH) te Brunssum
Notawisseling tussen de regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de regering van Zwitserland, houdende een verdrag inzake de status van de verbindingsofficieren die door Zwitserland in het kader van het Partnerschap voor de Vrede ter beschikking worden gesteld aan het regionale NAVO-hoofdkwartier van de Allied Forces North (AFNORTH) te Brunssum
Opschrift
Nr. I
MINISTERIE VAN
BUITENLANDSE ZAKEN
The Hague, 3 July 2001
Treaties Division
DJZ/VE-639/01
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands presents its compliments to the Embassy of Switzerland and has the honour to propose that, since Switzerland is for the time being not a party to the Further Additional Protocol to the Agreement among the States Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty and the other States participating in the Partnership for Peace regarding the Status of their forces (done at Brussels, on 19 December 1997), the status of a liaison officer to be seconded by Switzerland to the Partnership for Peace Staff Element at Regional Headquarters Allied Forces North in the Netherlands, be agreed upon as follows:
1. Definitions
In this Agreement:
``RHQ AFNORTH" means Regional Headquarters Allied Forces North;
``Liaison Officer" means: a Partnership for Peace Programmes Staff Officer, who will be a member of the Partnership for Peace Staff Element at RHQ AFNORTH;
``Host State authorities" means such state, municipal or other authorities of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as may be appropriate in the context of and in accordance with the laws and regulations of the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
``Convention" means the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961.