Title: wetten.nl - Regeling - Briefwisseling tussen de regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Voedsel- en Landbouworganisatie van de Verenigde Naties (FAO) houdende een verdrag betreffende de “Netherlands Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems: Make it Happen!” te Den Haag van 31 januari tot 5 februari 2005 - BWBV0001693

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{"title": "wetten.nl - Regeling - Briefwisseling tussen de regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Voedsel- en Landbouworganisatie van de Verenigde Naties (FAO) houdende een verdrag betreffende de \u201cNetherlands Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems: Make it Happen!\u201d te Den Haag van 31 januari tot 5 februari 2005 - BWBV0001693", "content": "Briefwisseling tussen de regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Voedsel-\n                           en Landbouworganisatie van de Verenigde Naties (FAO) houdende een verdrag betreffende\n                           de \u201cNetherlands Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems: Make it Happen!\u201d te Den\n                           Haag van 31 januari tot 5 februari 2005\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nFOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS\n\nRome, 22 October 2004\n\nOur Ref.: AGL-801 (Agm)\n\nFAO/Netherlands Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems: Make it Happen!\n\nThe Hague, 31 January\u20135 February 2005\n\nExcellency,\n\nI have the honour to refer to the letter dated 3 June 2004 from Mr J. P. Hoogeveen\n                                       Director International Affairs, Ministry for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality\n                                       addressed to Mr H. Carsalade, Assistant Director-General of the FAO Technical Cooperation\n                                       Department, offering to provide host facilities for the FAO/Netherlands Conference\n                                       on Water for Food and Ecosystems: Make it Happen! in The Hague, from 31 January to\n                                       5 February 2005.\n\nI very much appreciate the generous offer made by your Government.\n\nThe Conference is being convened under the provisions of Article VI of the FAO Constitution\n                                       and it is my intention to invite all FAO Members as set out in Annex A, as well as\n                                       the organizations listed in Annex B. An additional list of international organizations\n                                       to be invited to the Conference will be forwarded shortly.\n\nFurthermore, in accordance with the Constitution, General Rules and Principles of\n                                       FAO, other international organizations in relationship with FAO may be represented\n                                       by observers at the Conference, should they so request. The total number of participants\n                                       is expected to be about 350.\n\nThe Conference will be conducted in English, French and Spanish. Interpretation into\n                                       Arabic or Chinese will be provided should a country whose language of communication\n                                       is either Arabic or Chinese advise the organization of its intention to participate\n                                       by 15 December 2004. The Host Government will be responsible for providing qualified\n                                       interpreters whose curricula are to be cleared by the FAO Chief Interpreter.\n\nI should like to draw your attention to the responsibilities to be assumed by the\n                                       Government of the Netherlands and by FAO for the Conference, as specified in the Memorandum\n                                       of Responsibilities. Part II of this Memorandum sets out the responsibilities of the\n                                       Host Government with regard to privileges and immunities and the granting of visas\n                                       and all necessary facilities to participants.\n\nI should appreciate receiving your Government's acceptance, by letter or by telefax,\n                                       of the responsibilities outlined in the attached Memorandum as soon as possible. so\n                                       that invitations and documents may be prepared and issued in good time. This letter\n                                       and your reply will constitute the Agreement covering the Conference.\n\nAccept, Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration.\n\nDAVID A. HARCHARIK\n\nOfficer-in-Charge\n\nGeneral Affairs and Information Department\n\nHis Excellency\n\nEwald Wermuth\n\nPermanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations\n                                          for Food and Agriculture\n\nRome\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nThe following provisions set out the respective responsibilities to be assumed by\n                                       the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, hereinafter referred to as the Host\n                                       Government, and by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, hereinafter\n                                       referred to as FAO, to ensure the smooth conduct of the FAO/Netherlands Conference\n                                       on Water for Food and Ecosystems: Make it Happen, hereinafter referred to as the Conference.\n\nThe Conference will be held in The Hague from 31 January to 5 February 2005.\n\nFAO will be responsible for organizing the Conference, issuing all invitations and\n                                       circulating the Provisional Agenda.\n\nThe Governments listed in Annex A will be invited to attend the Conference.\n\nInvitations will also be sent to the organizations listed in Annex B.\n\nThe Conference will be conducted in English, French and Spanish. Interpretation into\n                                       Arabic or Chinese will be provided should a country whose language of communication\n                                       is either Arabic or Chinese advise the Organization of its intention to participate\n                                       by 15 December 2004.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nFAO will:\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nDesignate the Secretary of the Conference.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nMake available, if necessary, an assistant secretary, a conference officer, an administrative\n                                             officer and conference secretariat staff.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nFAO will provide:\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nProvide documents for the Conference.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nProvide any special material or supplies required for the conduct of the Conference,\n                                             including transport up to and return from the point of entry into the host country,\n                                             it being understood that any material or supplies provided remain the property of\n                                             FAO.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nIssue and distribute a report of the Conference after its conclusion.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nIn order to ensure the smooth functioning of the Conference, the Host Government will\n                                          undertake to apply the following provisions:\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nThe Government will exercise all reasonable care to ensure security on the premises\n                                          in which the Conference takes place and to ensure the safety of the officials of FAO\n                                          and participants concerned while on such premises. The Government will take whatever\n                                          steps may be reasonably required in the circumstances to ensure such security and\n                                          such safety, including such supervision of the premises as may be warranted.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nThe Government recognizes that the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of\n                                          the Specialized Agencies of 21 November 1947 (hereinafter referred to as ``the Convention\")\n                                          will be applicable to the Conference. Accordingly, representatives of Governments\n                                          and officials of FAO performing official functions in connection with the Conference\n                                          will enjoy the privileges and immunities provided by Articles V and VI of the Convention.\n                                          FAO declares that participants from organizations listed in Annex B are experts on\n                                          mission within the meaning of Annex II and VII to the Convention, and consequently\n                                          it is agreed that they will enjoy the privileges and immunities provided by those\n                                          Annexes.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nWithout prejudice to the provisions of the Convention, all persons performing functions\n                                          in connection with the Conference shall enjoy immunity from legal process in respect\n                                          of words spoken or written in connection with their functions during the Conference.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nGrant visas and all necessary facilities to delegates, observers and consultants attending\n                                          the Conference, provided that the general conditions governing the granting of visas\n                                          are fulfilled.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nThe Government will deal with any action, claim, or other demand against FAO or its\n                                          personnel arising out of:\n\n(i) injury to person or damage to property in the premises provided for the Conference;\n\n(ii) injury to person or damage to property incurred in using the transportation provided\n                                                by the Government for the Conference;\n\n(iii) the employment by the Government of temporary personnel for the Government. The Government\n                                                will hold harmless FAO and its personnel in respect of any such action, claim or demand,\n                                                unless these damages were caused by gross negligence or intentionally caused by personnel\n                                                of FAO.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nWithout prejudice to their privileges and immunities, it is the duty of all participants\n                                          enjoying privileges and immunities to respect the laws and regulations of the Netherlands.\n                                          They also have a duty not to interfere in the internal affairs of the Netherlands.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nAny dispute concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement, except\n                                          for a dispute subject to the appropriate provisions of the Convention or of any other\n                                          applicable agreement, will, unless the parties otherwise agree, be submitted to a\n                                          tribunal of three arbitrators, one of whom will be appointed by the Director-General\n                                          of FAO, one by the Government, and the third, who will be the chairman, by the other\n                                          two arbitrators. If either party does not appoint an arbitrator within three months\n                                          of the other party having notified the name of its arbitrator, or if the first two\n                                          arbitrators do not within three months of the appointment or nomination of the second\n                                          one of them appoint the chairman, then such arbitrator will be nominated by the President\n                                          of the International Court of Justice at the request of either party to the dispute.\n                                          Except as otherwise agreed by the parties, the tribunal shall adopt its own rules\n                                          of procedure, provide for reimbursement of its members and the distribution of expenses\n                                          between the parties, and take all decisions by a two-thirds majority. lts decisions\n                                          on all questions of procedure and substanc\u00e8 shall be formal and, even if rendered\n                                          in default of one of the parties, be binding on both of them.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nThe Host Government will:\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nNominate a Liaison Officer who will be responsible for the coordination of local facilities\n                                             and arrangements for the Conference.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nBear the cost of simultaneous interpretation.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nMake available local stenographers and typists, related assistance and services required\n                                             for the conduct of the Conference.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nBear all necessary cost of the staff provided, including salaries, overtime and subsistence\n                                             allowances, if required, and travel to and from the Session.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nThe Host Government will provide or pay for:\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nOne meeting room with seating and table space for 350 persons and fully equipped for\n                                             simultaneous interpretation (see attached standards).\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nComputers equipped with Word and connected to laser printers, internet and e-mail\n                                             facilities, photocopiers and other equipment as required.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nTransport to the meeting site and return to FAO of any equipment not available in\n                                             the country, should the Host Government request FAO' s assistance in supplying it.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nThe Host Government will provide:\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nOffice supplies, stationery and paper as required.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nFacilities for the local reproduction of documents needed for the Conference.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nTelephone, telefax and postal services within the host country, in connection with\n                                             the work of the Conference, free of charge.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nFirst-aid facilities for delegates, observers and staff.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nThe Host Government will:\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nProvide transport within the host country for delegates, observers and staff as required\n                                             for the conduct of the Conference. This may also include transport from airport to\n                                             hotel and hotel to meeting site depending upon local circumstances.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nProvide or pay the cost of transport within the host country of all material and supplies\n                                             provided by FAO (see paragraphs 3 and 4). Where transport is by air this obligation\n                                             will start from the international airport where the goods arrive.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nAfghanistan\n\nAlbania\n\nAlgeria\n\nAngola\n\nAntigua and Barbuda\n\nArgentina\n\nArmenia\n\nAustralia\n\nAustria\n\nAzerbaijan\n\nBahamas\n\nBahrain\n\nBangladesh\n\nBarbados\n\nBelgium\n\nBelize\n\nBenin\n\nBhutan\n\nBolivia\n\nBosnia and Herzegovina\n\nBotswana\n\nBrazil\n\nBulgaria\n\nBurkina Faso\n\nBurundi\n\nCambodia\n\nCameroon\n\nCanada\n\nCape Verde\n\nCentral African Republic\n\nChad\n\nChile\n\nChina\n\nColombia\n\nComoros\n\nCongo\n\nCook Islands\n\nCosta Rica\n\nC\u00f4te d'lvoire\n\nCroatia\n\nCuba\n\nCyprus\n\nCzech Republic\n\nDemocratie People's Republic of Korea\n\nDemocratie Republic of the Congo\n\nDenmark\n\nDjibouti\n\nDominica\n\nDommican Republic\n\nEcuador\n\nEgypt\n\nEl Salvador\n\nEquatorial Guinea\n\nEritrea\n\nEstonia\n\nEthiopia\n\nEuropean Community (Member Organization)\n\nFiji\n\nFinland\n\nFrance\n\nGabon\n\nGambia\n\nGeorgia\n\nGermany\n\nGhana\n\nGreece\n\nGrenada\n\nGuatemala\n\nGuinea\n\nGuinea Bissau\n\nGuyana\n\nHa\u00efti\n\nHonduras\n\nHungary\n\nIceland\n\nIndia\n\nIndonesia\n\nIran, Islamic Republic of\n\nIraq\n\nIreland\n\nIsra\u00ebl\n\nItaly\n\nJamaica\n\nJapan\n\nJordan\n\nKazakhstan\n\nKenya\n\nKiribati\n\nKuwait\n\nKyrgyzstan\n\nLaos People's Democratic Republic\n\nLatvia\n\nLebanon\n\nLesotho\n\nLiberia\n\nLibyan Arab Jamahirya\n\nLithuania\n\nLuxembourg\n\nMadagascar\n\nMalawi\n\nMalaysia\n\nMaldives\n\nMali\n\nMalta\n\nMarshall Islands\n\nMauritania\n\nMauritius\n\nMexico\n\nMicronesia, Federated States of\n\nMonaco\n\nMongolia\n\nMorocco\n\nMozambique\n\nMyanmar\n\nNamibia\n\nNauru\n\nNepal\n\nNetherlands\n\nNew Zealand\n\nNicaragua\n\nNiger\n\nNigeria\n\nNiue\n\nNorway\n\nOman\n\nPakistan\n\nPalau\n\nPanama\n\nPapua New Guinea\n\nParaguay\n\nPeru\n\nPhilippines\n\nPoland\n\nPortugal\n\nQatar\n\nRepublic of Korea\n\nRepublic of Moldova\n\nRomania\n\nRwanda\n\nSt. Kitts and Nevis\n\nSaint Lucia\n\nSt. Vincent and the Grenadines\n\nSamoa\n\nSan Marino\n\nSao Tome and Principe\n\nSaudi Arabia\n\nSenegal\n\nSerbia and Montenegro\n\nSeychelles\n\nSierra Leone\n\nSlovakia\n\nSlovenia\n\nSolomon Islands\n\nSomalia\n\nSouth Africa\n\nSpain\n\nSri Lanka\n\nSudan\n\nSuriname\n\nSwaziland\n\nSweden\n\nSwitzerland\n\nSyrian Arab Republic\n\nTajikistan\n\nThailand\n\nThe former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia\n\nTimor-Leste\n\nTogo\n\nTonga\n\nTrinidad and Tobago\n\nTunisia\n\nTurkey\n\nTurkmenistan\n\nTuvalu\n\nUganda\n\nUnited Arab Emirates\n\nUnited Kingdom\n\nUkraine\n\nUnited Republic of Tanzania\n\nUnited States of America\n\nUruguay\n\nUzbekistan\n\nVanuatu\n\nVenezuela\n\nViet Nam\n\nYemen\n\nZambia\n\nZimbabwe\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nUnited Nations\n\nEconomie Commission for Africa (ECA)\n\nEconomie Commission for Europe (ECE)\n\nEconomie and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)\n\nEconomie Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)\n\nEconomie and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)\n\nUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)\n\nUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP)\n\nUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)\n\nUnited Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFFP)\n\nUnited Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)\n\nUnited Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)\n\nUnited Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)\n\nUnited Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)\n\nUN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (UNRWA)\n\nUnited Nations University (UNU)\n\nUnited Nations Volunteers (UNV)\n\nWorld Food Programme (WFP)\n\nInternational Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)\n\nInternational Labour Organization (ILO)\n\nInternational Monetary Fund (IMF)\n\nUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) (UNESCO)\n\nUnited Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)\n\nWorld Bank Group (WB)\n\nWorld Health Organization (WHO)\n\nWorld Meteorological Organization (WMO)\n\nInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)\n\nInternational Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC)\n\nInternational Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)\n\nWorld Tourism Organization (WTO)\n\nSecretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity CBD)\n\nSecretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries experiencing\n                                       Serious Drought and/or Desertification especifically in Africa (UNCCD) Secretariat\n                                       of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora\n                                       (CITES)\n\nSecretariat of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous\n                                       Wastes and their Disposal Global Environment Facility (GEF)\n\nBureau of the Convention on Wetlands (RAMSAR)\n\nSecretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals\n                                       [CMS or Bonn Convention] (UNEP/CMS)\n\nSecretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).\n\nWorld Trade Organization (WTO/OMC)\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nIn cases where the Host Government provides simultaneous interpretation equipment\n                                       for FAO sessions, conferences or seminars, the following minimum standards will apply:\n\nEquipment in the meeting hall\n\n1. \nListening Equipment: Listeners shall be provided with a receiver fitted with a channel selector and volume\n                                             control, and with a light, comfortable and sensitive headset.\n\nThe receiver shall include one channel for each language used in the meeting, plus\n                                             one for the original language, so that participants can listen to a speaker either:\n\n\u2022 directly by selecting the original language channel; or:\n\n\u2022 through interpretation by selecting the appropriate channel.\n\n2. \nSpeech reinforcement equipment: In the presence of a public address system, its volume control shall be completely\n                                             independent from that of the simultaneous interpretation system so that lowering the\n                                             volume of the public address system shall not reduce the sound level supplied to the\n                                             interpreters through their headsets.\n\n3. \nSound quality: When the conference hall is occupied and the installation is in working order, all\n                                             the links in the chain ``speaker-control box-interpreter's headsets\" must provide\n                                             the correct reproduction of audio-frequencies between 150 and 12000 Hz.\n\n4. \nMicrophones: At least one moveable tabletop microphone shall be provided for each 3 participants.\n                                             The microphone shall incorporate an on/off switch and a clearly visible warning light\n                                             to show when the microphone is on.\n\nIf microphones are operated by participants, the microphone circuits shall be arranged\n                                             so that:\n\n\u2022 not more than one microphone can be on at any given moment;\n\n\u2022 the Chairman's position is provided with the means of cutting out all other microphones\n                                                   in the hall.\n\nIf the microphones are not operated by participants, the control panel shall be placed\n                                             so that its operator has full visibility of the hall and is close to the interpreters.\n\n5. \nVisual Aids: Visual aids for the participants, such as screens or blackboards, shall be positioned\n                                             so as to be easily visible from the interpreters' booths.\n\n6. If there is a podium it should also be fitted with one standing microphone and lectern\n                                             for formal speeches.\n\nINTERPRETERS' BOOTHS\n\n7. \nDimensions and layout: For dimensions and layout, see sketch on page 4.\n\n8. \nConstruction and sound insulation: The booths shall be built so as to keep spurious noise transmission between booths\n                                             and hall to a minimum.\n\nMaterials should be selected for their soundproofing qualities and should be non-irritating\n                                             (to eyes, skin and respiratory tract), antistatic and fire-retardant. Walls should\n                                             be of sandwich construction with a sound-absorbing material between the outer layers.\n                                             The interior of the booth shall be lined with a sound-absorbing material.\n\n9. \nVentilation/air-conditioning: Adequate ventilation/air-conditioning of the booths is essential. The air should\n                                             be completely renewed at least 7 times per hour.\n\n10. \nEquipment: See sketch on page 4.\n\nThe control panel shall be fitted with the following controls for each interpreter:\n\n\u2022 Channel selector for listening to the original language and, in relay, to the interpreters\n                                                   from the other booths;\n\n\u2022 Volume control knob;\n\n\u2022 On/off switch for microphone, with warning light to show when microphone is on;\n\n\u2022 Muting key (``cough button\").\n\nA tone control and outgoing channel selection with warning lights are useful and even\n                                             essential in one or more booths for meetings where Arabic or Chinese is spoken.\n\nExample: A meeting with Arabic, English and French.\n\nThree booths: Arabic, English and French each equipped with the standard incoming\n                                             (original language) channel and outgoing (interpretation) channel.\n\nIn this case, the Arabic booth, in addition to its standard outgoing Arabic interpretation\n                                             channel, should be wired up so as to have access to the English and French interpretation\n                                             channels of the system. This will enable the interpreters sitting in the Arabic booth\n                                             to interpret from Arabic (when Arabic is spoken) into either English or French from\n                                             their own booths through the one or the other of these two channels.\n\nEach interpreter shall have:\n\n\u2022 a microphone (hand-held microphones are unacceptable).\n\n\u2022 a light (maximum weight 150 grams) comfortable and sensitive headset (stethoscope-type,\n                                                   single-ear type, or types with pads fully enclosing the ears are unacceptable).\n\n\u2022 a desk lamp with on/off switch to light the tabletop (overhead fluorescent tubes are\n                                                   unacceptable).\n\n\u2022 a comfortable chair, preferably height-adjustable.\n\n11. \nLocation: Booths shall be located so as to afford a complete view of participants podium and\n                                             screen or blackboard. If installed on the meeting hall floor, they should be raised\n                                             about 50 cm. above floor level. A direct view of the hall is essential: no system\n                                             using closed-circuit television is acceptable.\n\nBooths shall be located away from sources of noise like air-conditioning plants, generators,\n                                             delegates' lounge and should be 2 meters clear of the nearest participant.\n\nInterpreters' booth\n\nRear Elevation\n\nTwo typical booth arrangements\n\nMicrophones and lamps should have some form of flexible neck.\n\nNOTES\n\nWindows: double glazed; front window right across booth;\n\nTable: strong enough to take weight of control panel + documents + two interpreters\n                                       leaning on it: minimum effective depth 0.30; table extends right across booth.:\n\nAccess: Outward opening rear door or heavy curtain;\n\nVentilation: silent roof fan; rear intake vents.\n\nN.B. Care should be taken not to place the booths anywhere that would hinder exit\n                                       in case of emergency.\n\n[Regeling vervallen per 04-11-2005]\n\nPERMANENT REPRESENTATION OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS TO THE UN ORGANISATIONS\n                                       FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE\n\nRome, 4 November 2004\n\nNo. ROF-2004/647\n\nEW/pg\n\nSubject: FAO/Netherlands Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems: Make it Happen!\n                                       The Hague, 31 January\u20135 February 2005\n\nSir,\n\nI have the honour to refer to your letter AGL-801 (Agm) of 22 October 2004, relating\n                                       to an agreement to be concluded between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands\n                                       and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the\n                                       FAO/Netherlands Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems: Make it Happen!, scheduled\n                                       to be held in The Hague from 31 January to 5 February 2005, which reads as follows:\n\n[Red: (Zoals in Nr. I)]\n\nI am authorized by the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to state that\n                                       it agrees to the proposals regarding the organization of the Conference and to state\n                                       that the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands considers your letter and my\n                                       reply as together constituting an Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom\n                                       of the Netherlands and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations\n                                       in respect of the FAO/Netherlands Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems: Make\n                                       it Happen!, which shall enter into force on the date of this reply and shall remain\n                                       in force for the duration of the Conference and for such additional period as is necessary\n                                       for its preparation and winding up, the total duration of this Agreement, however,\n                                       not to exceed one year.\n\nPlease accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.\n\nYours sincerely,\n\nEWALD WERMUTH\n\nAmbassador\n\nPermanent Representative\n\nMr David A. Harcharik\n\nOfficer-in-Charge\n\nGeneral Affairs and Information Department\n\nF.A.O.\n\nVia delle Terme di Caracalla\n\nRome"}