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TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 20-422 

DEFENSE 

Status of Forces 

Agreement Between 

the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and 

the NETHERLANDS, in the Caribbean Part of the 

Kingdom

Extending Application of the Agreement of October 19, 2012 

to Curacao 

Effected by Exchange of Notes at The Hague 

November 15, 2018 

Entered into force April 22, 2020 
NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966 

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—

“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued 

under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent 

evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than 

treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and 

international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, 

therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime 

jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the 

United States, and of the several States, without any further proof 

or authentication thereof.”
No: 068/18 

The Embassy of the United States of America presents its 

compliments to the Ministry ofForeign Affairs ofthe Kingdom ofthe 

Netherlands and has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the Ministry's 

Note Verbale MinBuZa.2018.1150961 ofNovember 15, 2018, which reads 

as follows: 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the 

Netherlands presents its compliments to the Embassy of the 

United States of America and has the honor to refer to the 

Agreement Between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the 

United States of America on the Status of United States 

Personnel in the Caribbean Part of the Kingdom, done at 

Washington. on October 19, 2012 (the Agreement), which 

entered into force on September 1, 2013. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the honour to 

· propose that, in accordance with Article II, paragraph 3 of the 

Agreement, the application of the Agreement be extended to 

Curacao. 

If the foregoing proposal is acceptable to the Government 

of the United States of America, the Kingdom of the 

Netherlands proposes that this Note, together with the 

affirmative Note in reply from the United States of America, 

shall constitute an agreement between the Kingdom of the 

Olf"LOMATIC NOTE 
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Netherlands and the United States of America, which shall enter 

into force on the date of the notification from the Kingdom of 

the Netherlands to the United States of America that the 

Kingdom of the Netherlanqs has completed all necessary 

intemal procedures required for this agreement to enter into 

fore~ and shall remain in force for so long as the Agreement 

remains in force. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs avails itself of this 

opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the United States of 

America the assurances of its highest consideration. 

Toe Embassy of the United States of America has the further honor to 

inform the Ministry that the proposal set forth in the Ministry's Note 

Verbale MinBuZa.2018.1150961 ofNovember 15, 2018, is acceptable to the 

United States of America and to confirm that the aforementioned Note and 

this Note in reply shall constitute an agreement between the United States of 

America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which shall enter into force 

on the date of notification from the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the 

United States of America that the Kingdom of the Netherlands has 

completed all necessary internal procedures required for this agreement to 

enter into force, and shall remain in force for so long as the Agreement 
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Between the United States of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands 

on the Status of United States Personnel in the Caribbean Part of the 

Kingdom, done at Washington on October 19, 2012, which entered into 

force on September 1, 2013, remains in force. 

The Embassy of the· United States of America avails itself of this 

opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of 

the Netherlands the assurances of its highest consideration. 

Embassy of the United States of Ameri 
Treaties Division 

MinBuza-201s.11S0961 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands presents 

its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has 

the honour to refer to the Agreement Between the Kingdom of the 

Netherlands and the United States of America on the Status of United 

States Personnel in the caribbean Part of the Kingdom, done at 

Washington, on October 19, 2012 (the Agreement), which entered into 

force on September 1, 2013. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the honour to propose that, In 

accordance with Artide II, paragraph 3 of the Agreement, the application 

of the Agreement be extended to Curacao. 

If the foregoing proposal is acceptable to the Government of the United 

States of America, the Kingdom of the Netherlands proposes that this 

Note, ·together with the affirmative Note in reply from the United States 

of America, shall constitute an agreement between the Kingdom of the 

Netherlands and the United States of America, which shall enter into 

force on the date of the notification from the Kingdom of the Netherlands 

to the United States of America that the Kingdom of the Netherlands has 

completed all necessary internal procedures required for this agreement 

to enter into force, and shall remain in force for so long as the Agreement 

remains in force. 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs avails itself of this opportunity to renew to 

the Embassy of the United States of America the assurances of its highest 

consideration. 

The Hague, 15 November 2018 

To the Embassy of the United States of America 

at The Hague