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1 The Government of the Republic of China (hereinafter referred toas the R.O.C) and the Government of Belize; With a view to promoting mutual understanding and contributingto the strengthening of economic and cultural relationships bet-ween the two countries; With reference to the recent discussions held between the repre-sentatives of the International Cooperation and Development Fundof the R.O.C. and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperati-on of belize concerning the dispatch of volunteers of the Inter-national Cooperation and Development Fund (hereinafter referred to as the "ICDF Volunteers") from the R.O.C. to Belize undr the ICDF Volunters Programme (hereinafter referred to as the "Progr-amme"); With a view to strenthening the mutual friendly and cooperative relationship; Have hereby confirmed and agree on the following: 1 The Government of the R.O.C. shall, in accordance with its la-ws and regulations and subject to budgetary appropriations, t-ake necessary measures to dispatch the volunteers to Belize a-cording to the schedules to be separately agreed upon betweenthe two governments. 2 The Government of the R.O.C. shall provide the volunteers withthe following. a Cost of international travel between the R.O.C. and Belize;b Monthly living allowance during the period of their assignm-ents; c Materials necessary for the performance of their duties andmedical supplies necessary for their own use; d An aapproprate level of medical care and hospitalization; Emergency medical attention and first aid shall be provided by Belize. Should any costs be incurred, the Government of the R.O.C sha-ll compensate the government of Belize. 3 The Government of Belize shall grant the volunteers the follo-wing privileges, exemptions and benefits: a Exemption from custom duties, taxes and other governmentalcharges on all materials and medical supplies introduced in-to Belize in accordance with paragraph 2 above for use in t-he performance of their duties; b Exemption from custom duties, taxes and other governmentalcharges on their personal and household effects introduced into Belize for their own use within six months of their ar-rival; c Exemption from income tax and other governmental charges inrespect of any remunration or allowances received by the vo-lunteers in Belize from abroad in connection with their act-ivities undr the Programme; d Arrangement of ret-free housing accommodations at places wh-ere they are to perform their duties to be assigned to them by the Government of Belize; e Local transportation necessary for the performance of theirduties; f Issuance of appropriate identificaton cards to ICDF Volunte-ers to facilitate the performance of their functions. 4 The Government of Belize shal laccept Coordinators or its Rep-resentatives (hereinafter referred to as the "Coordinators")who will discharge the duties to ICDF Volunteers, related tothe activities of the Programme in Belize. 5 The Government of Belize shall grant the Coordinators the fol-lowing privileges, exemptions and benefits: a Exemption from custom duties, taxes and charges of any kindin respect of teh iportation of the equipment, machinery, m-aterials and medical supplies, necessary for the performanceof their functions; b Exemption fromcustom duties, taxes and other governmental c-harges on their personal and household effects, including o-ne vehicle for each Coordinator introduced into Belize for their own use within. 6 The ICDF Volunteers and the Coordinators (hereinafter referredto as the "Programme Personnel ") importing goods free of cus-tom duties, taxes and charges of any kind in accordance withthe provisions of sub-paragraphs a and b of paragraph 3 and s-ub-paragraphs a and b of pargraph 5 shall present specificati-on of such goods to the authority concerned of the Governmentof Belize. 7 In compliance with the regulations of belize concerning tempo-rary admission, all durable goods iported free of custom duti-es, taxes and charges of any kind shall be re-exported unless:a They are sole within the territory of Belize with the payme-nt of custom durites, taxes and charges of any kind, or don-ated to the Government of Belize on its approval; or b Such re-exprotation is ipossible or inappropriate c If vehicles are transferred from one coordinator to the oth-er coordinator, all applicable taxes according to the laws of Belize, are to be exempted. 8 The Government of belize shal ltake every possible measure to ensure the personal safety and security of the programme Pers-onnel in the course of performing their duties. The Governmentof Belize shall accord full international organization statusto the Programme personnel and their properties and provide t-he programme Personnel with full aid and protection, includingtreatment no less favorable than the generally accorded to na-tionals and staff of other states and/or international organi-zations that are residing and performing the similar activiti-es in the territory of belize; and fully inform, consult andcooperate with the Programme personnel with respect to all ma-tters concerning the Programme. |