Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference

Round Table Conference

Indonesian: Konferensi Meja Bundar Dutch: Ronde Tafel Conferentie
The Round Table Conference in session
Drafted	23 August 1949
Signed	2 November 1949
Location	The Hague, Netherlands
Effective	27 December 1949 (Transfer of Sovereignty)
Condition	The unconditional and irrevocable transfer of complete sovereignty of the Kingdom of the Netherlands over Indonesia to the Republic of the United States of Indonesia, and thus the recognition of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia as an independent and sovereign Nation The acception of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia of this sovereignty based on the provisions of its Constitution; the Kingdom of the Netherlands having been notified of this proposed constitution
Signatories	Indonesia Netherlands BFO United Nations United Nations Security Council Komisi Tiga Negara
Parties	Indonesia Netherlands Netherlands New Guinea Pontianak Sultanate State of East Indonesia State of Madura Pasundan State of East Sumatra Great Dayak United States Australia Belgium United Kingdom French Fourth Republic Republic of China Soviet Union
Depositary	Kingdom of the Netherlands
Language	Dutch

The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference was held in The Hague from 23 August to 2 November 1949, between representatives of the Netherlands, the Republic of Indonesia and the BFO (Federal Consultative Assembly) representing various states the Dutch had created in the Indonesian archipelago. Prior to this conference, three other high-level meetings between the Netherlands and Indonesia took place; the Linggadjati Agreement (1947), the Renville Agreement (1948), and the Roem-van Roijen Agreement (1949). The conference ended with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty to the United States of Indonesia.

On 28 January 1949, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 67 calling for an end to the recent Dutch military offensive against Republican forces in Indonesia and demanding the restoration of Republican government. It also urged the resumption of negotiations to find a peaceful settlement between the two sides

Following 6 July Roem-van Roijen Agreement, which effectively endorsed the Security Council resolution, Mohammad Roem said that the Republic of Indonesia, whose leaders were still in exile in Bangka, would participate in the Round Table Conference to speed up handover of sovereignty.

The Indonesian government, in exile for over six months, returned to the temporary capital at Yogyakarta on 6 July 1949. To ensure commonality of negotiating position between the Republic and the federal delegates, in the second half of July 1949 and from 31 July – 2 August, Inter-Indonesian Conferences were in Yogyakarta between all component authorities of future United States of Indonesia. The participants agreed on basic principles and framework for the constitution.