On 26 November 2005, a Round Table Conference (RTC) was held between the governments of the Netherlands, Aruba, the Netherlands Antilles, and each island in the Netherlands Antilles. The final statement to emerge from the RTC stated that autonomy for Curaçao and Sint Maarten, plus a new status for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba (BES) would come into effect by 1 July 2007. On 12 October 2006, the Netherlands reached an agreement with Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba: this agreement would make these islands special municipalities.
on 26 november 2005 a round table conference (rtc) was held between the governments of the netherlands aruba the netherlands antilles and each island in the netherlands antilles the final statement to emerge from the rtc stated that autonomy for curaçao and sint maarten plus a new status for bonaire sint eustatius and saba (bes) would come into effect by 1 july 2007 on 12 october 2006 the netherlands reached an agreement with bonaire sint eustatius and saba this agreement would make these islands special municipalities