New Benelux treaty ratified

The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg ratified, June 2008, a new Benelux treaty, which will replace the present one in 2010. The document, which was signed at a ceremony in The Hague on the 50th anniversary of the original treaty, is intended to reinforce and modernise cooperation between the signatories.

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Wikipedia: Benelux http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benelux

Website: Benelux: General Secretariat http://www.benelux.be/

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