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 62 STAT.] BELGIUM-ECONOMIC COOPERATION-JULY 2, 1948 Court of Justice or to the espousal and presentation of claims based upon alleged violations by either Government of rights and duties arising under treaties, agreements, or principles of international law. 2. The Governments of the United States of America and of Belgium further agree that such claims may be referred, in lieu of the Court, to any arbitral tri- bunal mutually agreed upon. 3. It is further understood that neither Government will espouse a claim pursuant to this Article until its national has exhausted the remedies available to him in the administrative and judicial tri- bunals of the country in which the claim arose. ARTICLE XI (Definitions) As used in this agreement: d'acces, a supposer qu'il en existe, de l'un ou l'autre Gouvernement a la Cour Internationale de Justice ou de l'adhesion et de la presenta- tion de contestations basees sur les pretendues violations par l'un ou l'autre Gouvernement de droits et obligations resultant de traites, d'accords ou de principes de droit international. 2. Le Gouvernement des Etats- Unis et le Gouvernement de Bel- gique conviennent egalement de porter eventuellement de tels dif- ferends devant tout tribunal arbi- tral a convenir, aux lieu et place de la Cour. 3. Il est egalement entendu qu'aucun des deux Gouvernements ne presentera, aux termes du present article, de reclamations d'un de ses ressortissants avant que celui-ci n'ait epuise les voies de recours qui lui sont ouvertes de- vant les tribunaux administratifs et judiciaires du pays oi la reclamation prend naissance. ARTICLE XI (Definitions) 1. Aux termes du present ac- cord: (a) "Belgium" means Belgium together with dependent areas under its administration including Belgian Congo and the territories of Ruanda-Urundi. (b) The term "participating country" means: (i) Any country which signed the report of the Committee of European Economic Cooperation at Paris on September 22, 1947, [1] and territories for which it has international responsibility and to which the Economic Cooperation Agreement concluded between (a) "Belgique" signifie la Bel- gique avec les territoires places sous son administration, y com- pris le Congo beige et les territoires du Ruanda-Urundi; (b) On entend par "pays parti- cipants": (i) Tout pays qui a signe le rapport du Comite de Cooperation Economique Europeenne a Paris le 22 septembre 1947 et tout terri- toire dont ce pays assume la responsabilite sur le plan inter- national et auquel 1'Accord de Cooperation Economique conclu t Department of State publication 2930. Post, p. 2198. " Belgium. " PVtW, p. 2198. "Participating conmtry.," 2191

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