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24-532: Hague Agreement may refer to: The Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference Hague Agreement Between Netherlands-Indonesia The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hague Agreement . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

48-571: A compromise was reached: the status of Western New Guinea would be determined through negotiations between the United States of Indonesia and the Netherlands within a year of the transfer of sovereignty. The conference was officially closed in the Dutch parliament building on 2 November. The Dutch parliament debated the agreement, and the upper and lower houses ratified it on 21 December 1949 by

72-605: A constituent assembly would be completed by October 1949 and to whom the Netherlands would transfer sovereignty of Indonesia to by July 1950. To that end the Council renamed the Committee of Good Offices to the United Nations Commission for Indonesia and charged it with all the duties of the old Committee as well as the observation of elections and guaranteeing freedom of assembly , speech and publication along with supervising

96-459: A number of documents, namely a Charter of Transfer of Sovereignty—to come into immediate effect—a statute of union, a draft constitution, an economic agreement and agreements on social and military affairs. The Dutch–Indonesian Union would not have any powers: it would be a consultative body with a permanent secretariat, a court of arbitration to settle any legal disputes, and a minimum of two ministerial conferences every year. It would be headed by

120-542: The Dutch East Indies . However the two major areas of disagreement were over the debts of the Dutch colonial administration and the status of Western New Guinea . Negotiations over the internal and external debts of the Dutch East Indies colonial administration were protracted, with each side presenting their own calculations and arguing over whether the United States of Indonesia should be responsible for debts incurred by

144-749: The Roem–Van Roijen Agreement of 1949. The conference ended with the cession of sovereignty to the United States of Indonesia . On 17 August 1945, Indonesian nationalist leader Sukarno declared Indonesian independence from Japan. The Dutch, who had been expelled in 1942 by the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies , viewed the Indonesian leadership as Japanese collaborators, and wanted to regain control of their colony. The conflict between

168-488: The 12-year dispute . Political parties in Netherlands considered Indonesia dissolving the United States of Indonesia in 1950 into the original Republic of Indonesia as a pretense to not negotiate further on status of New Guinea which was promised to be completed in 1950, voiding the Round Table Agreement, according to the Indonesian side. In response, Indonesia nationalized Dutch companies and assets, and stopped paying

192-462: The Dutch Queen in an entirely symbolic role. The delegations also reached agreement on the withdrawal of Dutch troops "within the shortest possible time," and for the United States of Indonesia to grant most favoured nation status to the Netherlands. In addition, there would be no discrimination against Dutch nationals or companies and the republic agreed to take over trade agreements negotiated by

216-456: The Dutch after the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies in 1942. In particular the Indonesian delegations were indignant at having to cover what it saw as the costs of Dutch military action against it. Finally, thanks to the intervention of the United States member of the UN Commission on Indonesia, the Indonesian side came to realise that agreeing to pay part of the Dutch debt would be

240-593: The Dutch and Indonesian nationalists developed into a full-scale Indonesian National Revolution . By mid-1946, both sides were under international pressure to negotiate. The Dutch favoured a federal Indonesian state, and organised the Malino Conference in July ;1946, which led to the establishment of the State of East Indonesia . In November, the Dutch and Indonesian sides reached an agreement at Linggadjati , in which

264-531: The Netherlands agreed to recognize republican rule over Java , Sumatra and Madura , and that republic would become a constituent state of a federal United States of Indonesia . On 28 January 1949, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 67 , calling for an end to the recent Dutch military offensive against republican forces in Indonesia and demanding the restoration of

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288-454: The above-mentioned debt. By around 1956, the remaining (not-recognized) debt of Indonesia was around ƒ 600 million. This means that in the period of 1950-1956 ƒ 3.8 billion had already been paid. After the conflict was resolved in 1962, Indonesia restarted payment of around ƒ.620 million. By 1965, 36 installments of unknown amounts had been made. The remainder was paid from 1976 in 30 installments with 1% annual interest rate until

312-715: The basic principles and outline for the Federal Constitution of 1949 . Following preliminary discussions sponsored by the UN Commission for Indonesia in Jakarta, it was decided the Round Table Conference would be held in The Hague . Negotiations, which took place from 23 August to 2 November 1949, were assisted by the United Nations Commission for Indonesia . The Dutch, Republic of Indonesia and Federal Consultative Assembly delegations reached agreement resulting in

336-521: The conflict between the newly established Republic of Indonesia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands . The Committee of Good Offices consisted of three countries, each countries were chosen by both Indonesia and the Netherlands as a representatives and mediator for a ceasefire and peace agreement. The countries were The United States, chosen by both sides as a mediator, Belgium, chosen by the Dutch side, and Australia, chosen by Indonesian side. The United States

360-421: The entire territory of Dutch East Indies. The Dutch refused to compromise, claiming Western New Guinea had no ethnic ties with the rest of the archipelago. Despite Dutch public opinion supporting transfer of Western New Guinea to Indonesia, the Dutch cabinet was worried it would not be able to ratify the Round Table Agreement in parliament if it conceded this point. Finally, in the early hours of 1 November 1949,

384-501: The last payment was made in 2002. Some journalists characterize the aftermath of the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference as 'the price of independence,' suggesting that the Indonesian government was purchasing its sovereignty. United Nations Security Council Resolution 67 The Resolution then called for the creation of a federal ' United States of Indonesia ' in which elections for constituents to

408-546: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hague_Agreement&oldid=1185205278 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ( Dutch : Nederlands-Indonesische rondetafelconferentie ; Indonesian : Konferensi Meja Bundar )

432-403: The price they would have to pay for the transfer of sovereignty. On 24 October, the Indonesian delegations agreed that Indonesia would take over approximately ƒ 4.5 billion of Dutch East Indies government debt. The issue of the inclusion or not of Western New Guinea almost resulted in the talks becoming deadlocked. The Indonesian delegations took the view that Indonesia should comprise

456-522: The republican government. It also urged the resumption of negotiations to find a peaceful settlement between the two sides. Following the Roem–Van Roijen Agreement of 6 July, which effectively endorsed the Security Council resolution, Mohammad Roem said that the Republic of Indonesia—whose leaders were still in exile on Bangka Island —would participate in the Round Table Conference to accelerate

480-604: The transfer of parts of Indonesia to the Republican Government and issuing periodic reports to the Council. The resolution was voted on in parts; no vote was taken on the text as a whole. Good Offices Commission ( Indonesian : Komisi Tiga Negara ) was a United Nations commission established in August 25, 1947 on the basis of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 31 as a mediator for

504-495: The transfer of sovereignty. The Indonesian government, in exile for over six months, returned to the temporary capital at Yogyakarta on 6 July 1949. To ensure commonality of negotiating position between the republic and the federal delegates, from 31 July until 2 August, Inter-Indonesian Conferences were in Yogyakarta between all component authorities of the future United States of Indonesia . The delegates agreed on

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528-507: The two-thirds majority needed. Despite criticism in particular of the Indonesian assumption of Dutch government debt and the unresolved status of Western New Guinea, the Indonesian legislature, the Central Indonesian National Committee , ratified the agreement on 14 December. Sovereignty was transferred to the United States of Indonesia on 27 December. The unresolved status of Western New Guinea would lead to

552-634: Was held in The Hague from 23 August to 2 November 1949, between representatives of the Kingdom of the Netherlands , the Republic of Indonesia and the Federal Consultative Assembly , representing various states the Dutch had created in the Indonesian archipelago. Prior to this conference, three other high-level meetings between the Netherlands and Indonesia took place; the Linggadjati Agreement of 1947, Renville Agreement of 1948, and

576-513: Was represented by Frank Porter Graham , Belgium was represented by Paul Van Zeeland , and Australia was represented by Richard C. Kirby . The UN Good Offices Commission was the first UN peacekeeping mission for Australia. The United Nations Commission for Indonesia (Abbreviated: UNCI ; Indonesian : Komisi PBB untuk Indonesia ) was a United Nations commission formed to replace the Good Offices Commission. The purpose of UNCI

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