Aanhef

Whereas the Security Council of the United Nations acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations decided by its resolution 1966 (2010) adopted on 22 December 2010 to establish the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals with two branches, one for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the other for the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY);

Whereas the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals is established as a subsidiary organ within the terms of Article 29 of the Charter of the United Nations;

Whereas Article 3 of the Statute of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Annex 1 to Security Council resolution 1966 (2010), provides that the branch for the ICTR shall have its seat in Arusha and the branch for the ICTY shall have its seat in The Hague;

Whereas the Security Council, by resolution 1966 (2010), decided that the determination of the seats of the branches of the Mechanism is subject to the conclusion of appropriate arrangements between the United Nations and the host countries of the branches of the Mechanism acceptable to the Security Council;

Whereas the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Nations wish to conclude an agreement to facilitate the smooth and efficient functioning of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in the Kingdom of the Netherlands;

The Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Nations have agreed as follows: