State secretary hammers on need for building a strong foundation
THE HAGUE — While the three BES-islands (Statia, Saba and Bonaire) receive millions from the Dutch government, the autonomous countries St. Maarten. Aruba and Curacao have to make do with observations from More...
Foundation maintains incorrect claim that United Nations rejected Kingdom Charter
PHILIPSBURG – The Pro Soualiga Foundation is apparently not happy with the conclusion that the decolonization process for the Netherlands Antilles and Suriname was already completed in 1955. Therefore, the foundation More...
Is it legal to attach conditions to an offer for financial aid?
By Roeland Zwanikken Art. 36 of the Kingdom Charter stipulates that the Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten (will) provide each other aid and assistance. According to the Explanatory Notes, countries within More...
Democratic Deficit in The Kingdom of The Netherlands
Introduction. Curacao and Dependencies comprising of Curacao, Aruba and Bonaire together with St. Eustatius and Dependencies comprising of St. Eustatius, St. Maarten and Saba were Dutch colonies from 1815 until More...