Artikel I

1. This Agreement embodies the conditions under which the Organizations shall provide the Government of Surinam or the Netherlands Antilles with the services of officers to perform functions of an operational, executive and administrative character, as civil servants or other comparable employees of those Governments (hereinafter referred to as “the Officers”). It also embodies the basic conditions which shall govern the relationship between the Government concerned and the Officers. The Government of Surinam or the Netherlands Antilles and the Officers shall either enter into contracts between themselves, or adopt such other arrangements as may be appropriate concerning their mutual relationships in conformity with the practice of the Government concerned in regard to its own civil servants or other comparable employees. However, any such contracts or arrangements shall be subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and shall be communicated to the Organizations concerned.
The Government of the Kingdom assumes international responsibility for any arrangements concluded or undertakings entered into by the Government of Surinam or the Netherlands Antilles pursuant to the present Agreement, in the same manner as if they had been concluded or entered into in the name of the Government of the Kingdom.
2. The relationship between each Organization and the Officers provided by it shall be defined in contracts which the Organization concerned shall enter into with such Officers. The Organizations undertake to furnish the Government of Surinam or the Netherlands Antilles with a copy of each such contract within one month after it has been concluded.