[South Florida DX Association] More dialog about the Netherlands Antilles

[Kai Siwiak]

More dialog about the Netherlands Antilles. Please notice the part I 
*highlighted in RED* at the bottom.
This version was forwarded from the strangeradioteam.com
73
Kai KE4PT


  Netherlands Antilles will break-up

*It's Official - Dutch Antilles sign declaration reforming their status*
"Radio Netherlands Worldwide" reports:
"Delegations from the Dutch Antilles signed a declaration today 
(September 9th) in 'The Hague' reforming the status of these five former 
Dutch island colonies in the Caribbean.
 
As of 10 October 2010, the Dutch Antilles will cease to exist as a 
country. Curacao and St. Maarten will become separate countries within 
the Kingdom of the Netherlands, while Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius 
will become special Dutch municipalities. Aruba already had a separate 
status.
The ceremony was attended by Prince Willem-Alexander and Deputy Kingdom 
Relations Minister Ank Bijleveld and caretaker Prime Minister Jan Peter 
Balkenende.
The prime minister called the declaration 'a new chapter'. The intensive 
process which has taken five years is supposed to give the larger 
islands more autonomy."
(From the RNW Web page at:
http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/
dutch-antilles-sign-declaration-reforming-their-status 
<http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/dutch-antilles-sign-declaration-reforming-their-status>) 

 
So What Does This Mean For DXer?
Just another step closer for new DXCC entities. Now that it is official 
that the Netherlands Antilles will be dissolving, "maybe" we will hear 
something from the DXCC desk before the date October 10th.
 
*Remember, to be added to the "DXCC List" as a "Political Entity", it 
must meet one or more of the following criteria:
A) The entity is a UN Member State.
B) The entity has been assigned a ITU callsign prefix block.
C) The entity must be listed on either the "U.S. Department of State" or 
the United Nation's list of "non self-governing territories."*
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*As we have seen in the past, it is not a new one until the DXCC desk 
says so....*
 
OPDX

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