Flag of Curaçao
Today, 10/10/10 is proving popular as a day to be be married. It is also apparently a good day for a divorce, or at east a reorganization. The Netherlands Antilles is being dissolved today. The islands of Curaçao and Sint Maarten are becoming independent countries while the islands of Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba will gain Dutch municipality status. The Netherlands Antilles Ship Register will be transferred to the Curaçao Ship Register. This register is, and will remain, located in Willemstad , Curaçao, and the new country will assume all existing flag state responsibilities for this register. All treaties, codes and legal responsibilities will be transferred to the new government.
Antipodeans Unite!
Sorry to see these islands going this way.
To my opinion they are too small too maintain an adequate administration.
Let’s see what is going to happen in the next coming years.
It is interesting. Twenty plus years ago, Aruba sought independence from the Netherlands and was granted the first stage in 1986 to be completed within a decade. If I am not mistaken in the early 90s they put full independence on hold.